Swimming performance of the migratory Neotropical fish Leporinus reinhardti (Characiformes: Anostomidae)

The fishways built in Latin America were mainly based on those used in the northern hemisphere for passing salmonids upstream. However, the swimming capacity in terms of speed and endurance is a major factor concerning the design of a fishway, and this information is not available for migratory neot...

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Main Authors: Hersília de Andrade e Santos, Paulo dos Santos Pompeu, Carlos Barreira Martinez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia
Series:Neotropical Ichthyology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252007000200007&lng=en&tlng=en