Traira

Traira
agosto 26, 2015 AmazCitSci

Categoria de comprimento:  Small (<40 cm)

Nível trópico:  Predator-fish

Padrão migratório:  Local (<100 km)

Período de desova:  All periods

Mercado de exportação:  Regional (in Amazon)

Status do mercado:  Third class

Distribuição de capturas:

Traíra potential yield was estimated to be approximately 1,000 tons. The Peruvian Amazon (64%) accounts for most of the yield, followed by the Estuary (23%) and Tocantins (9%) regions.

Notas de História Natural:

Most of the traíra delivered to the main fish markets in the Amazon are Hoplias malabaricus, though some other species could be involved in peripheral areas. Traíra are largely piscivores but they also feed on crustaceans. They are captured mostly in floodplain waters of whitewater rivers, but they are also abundant in blackwater and clearwater rivers.

Distribution of traíra catch.

Brazil
Trairão Hoplias macrophthalmus
Traira Hoplias malabaricus
Traíra Hoplias malabaricus
Colombia
Mocho Hoplias malabaricus
Moncholo Hoplias malabaricus
Perraloca Hoplias malabaricus
Perro Hoplias malabaricus
Rivolo Hoplias malabaricus
Bululum Hoplias malabaricus
Calabrote Hoplias malabaricus
Dentón Hoplias malabaricus
Dormilón Hoplias malabaricus
Guabina Hoplias malabaricus
Taraira Hoplias malabaricus
Ecuador
Guanchiche Hoplias malabaricus
Peru
Fasaco Hoplias malabaricus
Huasaco Hoplias malabaricus

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