Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 84: 318-326, 2013

DOI: 10.7550/rmb.26091

Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus

Parámetros biológicos y reproductivos del bagre armado invasivo Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus

Rebeca Aneli Rueda-Jasso1 , Antonio Campos-Mendoza1, Francisco Arreguín-Sánchez2, Edmundo Díaz-

Pardo3 and Carlos Antonio Martínez-Palacios4
2
Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Unidad-La Paz. Ave. Instituto Politécnico Nacional S/N, Playa Palo de
Santa Rita, 23096 La Paz, Baja California Sur, México.
3
Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro. Querétaro, Querétaro, Ave. de la Ciencias S/N, Juriquilla, Del. Sta. Rosa de
Jauregui, 76230 Querétaro, Querétaro, México.
4
Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo. Avenida San Juanito Itzícuaro S/N, San
Juanito Itzícuaro, 58330 Morelia, Michoacán, México.
rebeca.rueda@gmail.com

Abstract. Invasive Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus (Weber, 1991) (synonymy: Liposarcus multiradiatus

Key words:

P. disjunctivus (Weber 1991) (sinonimia de Liposarcus multuradiatus)

Palabras clave:

Recibido: 30 junio 2011; aceptado: 18 julio 2012

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Introduction pardalis showed overlapping isotope signatures with

between Pterygoplichthys and native manatees have been

genus Pterygoplichthys originally inhabited the entire

this behavior is damaging to the manatees, some manatees

P. disjunctivus)
or intentionally introduced into several countries (Hoover et

in the study area, we investigated selected biological and

could be used to plan possible control alternatives, such as

Materials and methods

Study area.

ability can be attributed to an enlarged and vascularized

Fish sampling. P. disjunctivus were

Pterygoplichthys has proven to

time in the Mezcala River, Guerrero (Balsas Basin), in

Liposarcus multiradiatus,
a synonym Pterygoplichthys multiradiatus (Armbruster,
P.
disjunctivus

and the native species can produce negative impacts on

Pterygoplichthys

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 Figure 1.
Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus (sampling sites).

(HSI) and gonadosomatic (GSI) indices were calculated as

a b

a+b
a and
b a and b were
and season, we selected (using random numbers) and t test was

(Factor A was the season, Factor B the locality) with JMP

ovulation during the current reproductive season) were

the data were compared seasonally, the comparisons by

weight were strongly correlated (R2

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Figure 2.
P. disjunctivus
p

Table 1.
Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus

Locality n Weight Total length W= aLb

(g) (mm) a b R2
CHU

Min 23
LO

Min
NC 2491

Min
PIN

Min

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P. disjunctivus was
(t

the summer, whereas the spring, autumn and winter HSI

Fish with vitellogenic eggs were recorded throughout

P. pardalis

during an annual cycle) (Wakida-Kusunoki and Amador-

that adult P. disjunctivus were active throughout the day,

Heavier and longer (weight, total and standard

results suggest that the net sizes are smaller than those

Discussion
P. disjunctivus
Pterygoplichthys show

Liposarcus multiradiatus in
P.
disjunctivus
P. pardalis
mm (3 inches) in the Palizada River (Wakida-Kusunoki

P. disjunctivus

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Figure 3.
P. disjunctivus
p

b values
show ongoing variation in response to several intrinsic

reproductive period in Florida began and ended a month

Figure 4. L. multiradiatus
P. disjunctivus P. pardalis

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in parallel to the current investigation and conducted by

P. disjunctivus

GSI has been observed in several tropical and temperate

Lutjanus gutattus
Lutjanus peru
Oreochromis niloticus
Pingues chilensis
Acknowledgments

Salmo
salar

In addition, it has been hypothesized that in tropical

zooplankton production) in ways that ultimately yield

Literature cited
Hypostomus

Lutjanus guttatus
could be due to the higher temperature reported at the El

P. disjunctivus
P. disjunctivus

reproductive season have produced high recruitment and

Pterygoplichthys punctatus
P. disjunctivus has been Pterygoplichthys

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Liposarcus Pterygoplichthys multiradiatus

multiradiatus

In

In

Pterygoplichthys gibbiceps (Actinopterygii:

Pterygoplichthys

cycle in gonad weight and condition in the perch (Perca

Pterigoplichthys pardalis

Liposarcus multiradiatus
Lutjanus peru

Pterygoplychtyys disjuctivus

Oreochromis niloticus

en Pingues chilensis

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 Hypostomus plecostomus

Pterygoplichthys
disjunctivus
th
European

Pterygoplichthys pardalis

Pterygoplichthys pardalis

Pterygoplichthys)
and native Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) in

Pterygoplichthys) associated with winter

Florida manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris

Pterygloplichthys disjuntivus

registros de los plecos Pterygoplichthys pardalis (Castelnau,

P. disjunctivus

Pterygoplichthys pardalis
Oreochromis niloticus in coastal

Pterygoplichthys sensu lato

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