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[email protected] Academia Brasileira de Ciências Brasil DOS SANTOS, MARCELLA L.; ARANTES, FÁBIO P.; SANTIAGO, KLEBER B.; DOS SANTOS, JOSÉ E. Morphological characteristics of the digestive tract of Schizodon knerii (Steindachner, 1875), (Characiformes: Anostomidae): An anatomical, histological and histochemical study. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, vol. 87, núm. 2, abril-junio, 2015, pp. 867-878 Academia Brasileira de Ciências Rio de Janeiro, Brasil Available in: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=32739721026 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 Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências (2015) 87(2): 867-878 (Annals of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences) Printed version ISSN 0001-3765 / Online version ISSN 1678-2690 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0001-3765201520140230 www.scielo.br/aabc Morphological characteristics of the digestive tract of Schizodon knerii (Steindachner, 1875), (Characiformes: Anostomidae): An anatomical, histological and histochemical study. MARCELLA L. DOS SANTOS1, FÁBIO P. ARANTES1, KLEBER B. SANTIAGO2 and JOSÉ E. DOS SANTOS1,3 1Programa de Pós Graduação em Zoologia de Vertebrados da PUC Minas, Av. Dom José Gaspar, 500, Coração Eucarístico, 30535-610 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil 2Companhia de Desenvolvimento dos Vales do São Francisco e do Parnaíba, Av. Geraldo Rodrigues dos Santos, s/n, Satélite, 39205-000 Três Marias, Minas Gerais, Brasil 3PET Biologia PUC Minas, Av. Dom José Gaspar, 500, CoraçãoEucarístico, 30535-610 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil Manuscript received on May 26, 2014; accepted for publication on October 25, 2014 ABSTRACT The digestive tracts of 44 specimens of Schizodon knerii were studied using anatomical, histological and histochemical techniques.