Moela

Categoria de comprimento:  Medium (40-100 cm)

Nível trópico:  Omnivore

Padrão migratório:  Medium Distance (100-1,000 km)

Período de desova:  Unknown

Mercado de exportação:  National (outside Amazon)

Status do mercado:  Second class

Distribuição de capturas:

Moela potential yield was estimated to be 980 tons. The Lower Amazon (78%) accounts for the most of the catch, followed by the Tocantins (14%) and Central Amazon (6%) regions.

Notas de História Natural:

Moela is reported by fishermen to be an omnivorous catfish that is occasionally captured in schools in river channels of whitewater rivers. Little is known about the biology of this species. Its Portuguese name, moela, or gizzard, refers to its extremely thickened lower stomach, though there are no studies of the function of this thickening.