Cyphocharax gilbert

The Cyphocharax gilbert lives in the benthopelagic, freshwater environment.

(Hancock, 1828) and Cyphocharax gilbert (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) of the Guandu River, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.) Dissertaçao de Mestrado em Ciências Veterinárias, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Volume: 65 pp. (Portuguese.) Abdallah, V.D. More

South American curimatid fish Cyphocharax gilbert, and found that 60% of specimens caught contained parasites capable of castrating their hosts. The infected fish showed parasitic castration and lacked gonadal development and two sex-specific plasma proteins. More

concentration in the liver and muscle of Cyphocharax gilbert and in the parasite Riggia paranensis sampled in the middle Itabapoana River, Brazil, also considering the reproductive stages of both fish and parasite. Mean concentrations of mercury in muscle of fish varied from 20.8 ng.g-1 in mature females to 38. More

Cyphocharax gilbert (Curimatidae) from the Guandu River, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil VANESSA D. ABDALLAH*, RODNEY K. DE AZEVEDO*, JOSÉ LUIS LUQUE** e TERESA C. B. More

Common names

吉氏駝背無齒脂鯉 in Mandarin Chinese
吉氏驼背无齿脂鲤 in Mandarin Chinese

Order : Characiformes
Family : Curimatidae
Genus : Cyphocharax
Species : Cyphocharax gilbert
Authority : Quoy & Gaimard, 1824