Fishing production of Pinirampus pirinampu and Brachyplatystoma platynemum catfish has been affected by large dams of the Madeira River Brazilian Amazon) / Produção pesqueira dos bagres Pinirampus pirinampu e Brachyplatystoma platynemum é afetada por grandes barragens na bacia do Rio Madeira (Amazônia brasileira)

The present work analyzed landing events of commercial fishing boats carrying two species of large catfish in 11 fishing landing sites along the Madeira River, temporally and spatially characterizing the exploitation of these species before and after the closure of the Jirau and Santo Antônio hydroelectric dams. Our results show that the Madeira River dams may be negatively impacting the fishing production of Pinirampus pirinampu and Brachyplatystoma platynemum catfish, drastically reducing these species biomass as well as the incomes of regional fishers. If the irreversible loss of these species of Amazonian catfish is to be avoided, public policies and measures for the management and sustainable handling of this fishery resource must be urgently carried out.(AU)

O presente trabalho analisou o desembarque pesqueiro comercial de duas espécies de grandes bagres, em 11 pontos de desembarque ao longo do rio Madeira, caracterizando a exploração temporal e espacial dessas espécies antes e depois do fechamento das hidrelétricas de Jirau e Santo Antônio. Os resultados mostram que os barramentos do rio Madeira podem estar impactando de forma negativa a produção pesqueira dos bagres Pinirampus pirinampu e Brachyplatystoma platynemum diminuindo drasticamente a biomassa de seu estoque e reduzindo a receita dos pescadores na região. Políticas públicas para a gestão e manejo sustentáveis desse recurso pesqueiro, devem ser concretizadas com urgência para evitar a perda irreversível desses bagres amazônicos.(AU)

Fishing production of Pinirampus pirinampu and Brachyplatystoma platynemum catfish has been affected by large dams of the Madeira River Brazilian Amazon) / Produção pesqueira dos bagres Pinirampus pirinampu e Brachyplatystoma platynemum é afetada por grandes barragens na bacia do Rio Madeira (Amazônia brasileira)

The present work analyzed landing events of commercial fishing boats carrying two species of large catfish in 11 fishing landing sites along the Madeira River, temporally and spatially characterizing the exploitation of these species before and after the closure of the Jirau and Santo Antônio hydroelectric dams. Our results show that the Madeira River dams may be negatively impacting the fishing production of Pinirampus pirinampu and Brachyplatystoma platynemum catfish, drastically reducing these species biomass as well as the incomes of regional fishers. If the irreversible loss of these species of Amazonian catfish is to be avoided, public policies and measures for the management and sustainable handling of this fishery resource must be urgently carried out.

O presente trabalho analisou o desembarque pesqueiro comercial de duas espécies de grandes bagres, em 11 pontos de desembarque ao longo do rio Madeira, caracterizando a exploração temporal e espacial dessas espécies antes e depois do fechamento das hidrelétricas de Jirau e Santo Antônio. Os resultados mostram que os barramentos do rio Madeira podem estar impactando de forma negativa a produção pesqueira dos bagres Pinirampus pirinampu e Brachyplatystoma platynemum diminuindo drasticamente a biomassa de seu estoque e reduzindo a receita dos pescadores na região. Políticas públicas para a gestão e manejo sustentáveis desse recurso pesqueiro, devem ser concretizadas com urgência para evitar a perda irreversível desses bagres amazônicos.

Novel Myxobolus and Ellipsomyxa species (Cnidaria: Myxozoa) parasiting Brachyplatystoma rousseauxii (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) in the Amazon basin, Brazil.

We describe two novel myxosporean parasites from Brachyplatystoma rousseauxii, an economically important freshwater catfish from the Amazon basin, Brazil. Myxobolus tapajosi n. sp., was found in the gill filaments of 23.5% of 17 fish, with myxospores round to oval in frontal view and biconvex in lateral view: length 15 (13.5-17) µm and width 10.7 (9.6-11.4) µm; polar capsules equal, length 5.8 (4.6-7.1) µm and width 3 (2.3-3.8) µm containing polar tubules with 6-7 turns. Ellipsomyxa amazonensis n. sp. myxospores were found floating freely or inside plasmodia in the gall bladder of 23.5% of fish. The myxospores were ellipsoidal with rounded extremities: length 12.8 (12.3-13.6) µm and width 7.6 (6.7-8.7) µm; with two equal, slightly pyriform polar capsules, length 3.8 (3.8-4.0) µm and width 3.1 (2.5-3.4) µm, containing polar tubules with 2-3 turns. We combined spore morphometry, small-subunit ribosomal DNA data, specific host, and phylogenetic analyses, to identify both of these parasites as new myxozoan species. Maximum likelihood and Bayesian analyses showed that Myxobolus tapajosi n. sp. clustered in a basal branch in a subclade of parasites from exclusively South American pimelodid fishes. Ellipsomyxa amazonensis n. sp. clustered within the marine Ellipsomyxa lineage, but we suspect that although the parasite was collected in freshwater, its hosts perform a large migration throughout the Amazon basin and may have become infected from a brackish/marine polychaete host during the estuary phase of its life.