Biota Neotropica ISSN: 1676-0611
[email protected] Instituto Virtual da Biodiversidade Brasil Spindler da Cruz, Sabrina; Evangelista Leal, Mateus; Lehmann Albornoz, Pablo César; Horst Schulz, Uwe First record of the exotic channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque 1818) (Siluriformes: Ictaluridae) in the Rio dos Sinos basin, RS, Brazil Biota Neotropica, vol. 12, núm. 3, septiembre, 2012, pp. 1-4 Instituto Virtual da Biodiversidade Campinas, Brasil Available in: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=199124391005 How to cite Complete issue Scientific Information System More information about this article Network of Scientific Journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal Journal's homepage in redalyc.org Non-profit academic project, developed under the open access initiative Biota Neotrop., vol. 12, no. 3 First record of the exotic channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque 1818) (Siluriformes: Ictaluridae) in the Rio dos Sinos basin, RS, Brazil Sabrina Spindler da Cruz1, Mateus Evangelista Leal1, Pablo César Lehmann Albornoz2 & Uwe Horst Schulz1,3 1Laboratório de Ecologia de Peixes, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos – UNISINOS, Av. Unisinos, 950, Cristo Rei, CEP 93022-000, São Leopoldo, RS, Brasil 2Laboratório de Ictiologia, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos – UNISINOS, Av. Unisinos, 950, Cristo Rei, CEP 93022-000, São Leopoldo, RS, Brasil 3Corresponding author: Schulz Uwe Horst, e-mail:
[email protected] CRUZ-SPINDLER, S., LEAL, M.E.; LEHMANN, P.A. & SCHULZ, U.H. First record of the exotic channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque 1818) (Siluriformes: Ictaluridae) in the Rio dos Sinos basin, RS, Brazil. Biota Neotrop. 12(3): http://www.biotaneotropica.org.br/v12n3/en/abstract?article+bn01212032012 Abstract: The introduction of non-native species in inland waters is one of the main threats for aquatic biodiversity.