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- Title
Molecular identification of Cichla (Perciformes: Cichlidae) introduced in reservoirs in Southern Brazil.
- Authors
Briñez, Boris; Ferreira Júlio Júnior, Horacio; Alves Pinto Prioli, Sônia Maria; Cintra Maniglia, Thiago; Prioli, Alberto José
- Abstract
Species of peacock bass were introduced in several watersheds in South America and worldwide, mainly due to its importance to sport fishing, by being a fighting fish. A recent revision of the genus Cichla showed that the species introduced in reservoirs of the South, Southeast and Northeast regions of Brazil are two new species, described as Cichla kelberi (yellow peacock bass) and Cichla piquiti (blue peacock bass), erroneously identified as C. monoculus and C. ocellaris. With the purpose to identify the populations of Cichla in Paranapanema and Paraná rivers, a total of 323 base pairs (bp) of the mtDNA control region were sequenced, obtained from 84 specimens of Cichla in six different localities (Tapajós river, Solimões river, Capivara, Taquaruçu and Rosana reservoirs in the Paranapanema river, and in the upper Paraná river floodplain). The analyses revealed the genetic diversity of Cichla monoculus, introduced into the Capivara reservoir, originally from the region of Manaus (Amazonas State), and spread in the reservoirs downstream (Taquaruçu and Rosana). The occurrence of the same haplotypes in the three reservoirs suggests one single introduction. This study confirmed the introduction of Cichla in the Capivara reservoir and showed the genetic diversity of Cichla in the Paranapanema river.
- Subjects
PARANAPANEMA River (Brazil); UNITED States; PEACOCK bass; WATERSHEDS; FISH diversity; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; FISH genetics; VARIATION in fishes
- Publication
Acta Scientiarum: Biological Sciences, 2013, Vol 35, Issue 2, p233
- ISSN
1679-9283
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4025/actascibiolsci.v35i2.10684