The Amazon basin hosts the Earth's highest diversity of freshwater fish. Fish species have
adapted to the basin's size and seasonal dynamics by displaying a broad range of migratory …

Stretching more than seven million square kilometers, the Amazon River basin is the largest
river basin in the world and discharges about one-sixth of all freshwater from the continents …

This study deduced in detail the lateral migration–those between river channels and
floodplain habitats–of the pirarucu (Arapaima gigas), a giant, obligate air‐breathing species …

Species of the genus Pseudoplatystoma, the long-whiskered catfishes, are important in
commercial and recreational fisheries in South America, and some species have become …

The giant and obligate air-breathing fish pirarucu Arapaima gigas (also known as arapaima)
is a species endemic to the Amazon Basin that is increasingly managed by artisanal fishers …

The São Francisco River was first encountered by Europeans on the 4th of October, 1501-
Saint Francis' Day-by Américo Vespúcio and Gaspar Lemos, hence the river's current name …

The present study analyzed and compared the daily consumption of foods of animal origin in
eleven communities of the Lower Amazon, Trombetas and Purus Rivers, representing three …

We analyze the invisibility of fisheries and inadequacy of fishers' participation in the process
of hydropower development in the Amazon, focusing on gaps between legally mandated …

Arapaima are listed as endangered fishes according to the Convention on International
Trade of Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), thus their international trade …

Despite the importance of freshwater ecosystems to social‐ecological systems of the
Amazon, conservation in the region historically has focused on terrestrial ecosystems …