Analysis of Migratory Catfish Production from Artisanal Fishing in the Middle Madeira Sub-Basin Using New Monitoring Methods, Southwestern Amazon

Table 1

Recorded Pimelodidae catfish captured during the artisanal fisheries monitoring in the middle Madeira sub-basin, Amazonas, Brazil, between 2018 and 2019.

Species	Popular name	Frequency (%)
Brachyplatystoma filamentosum (Lichtenstein, 1819)	Filhote/piraíba	2.7
Brachyplatystoma platynemum (Boulenger, 1898)	Babão	1
Brachyplatystoma rousseauxii (Castelnau, 1855)	Dourada	4.2
Brachyplatystoma vaillantii (Valenciennes, 1840)	Piramutaba	0.2
Hypophthalmus marginatus (Valenciennes, 1840)	Mapará	2.1
Leiarius marmoratus (Gill, 1870)	Jandiá	3.4
Phractocephalus hemioliopterus (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)	Pirarara	3.9
Pinirampus pirinampu (Spix and Agassiz, 1829)	Barba-chata	0.7
Pseudoplatystoma punticfer (Linnaeus, 1766)	Surubim/cachara	69.7
Pseudoplatystoma tigrinum (Valenciennes, 1840)	Caparari	8.4
Sorubim lima (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)	Bico de pato	1
Sorubimichthys planiceps (Spix and Agassiz, 1829)	Peixe lenha	2.6
Zungaro zungaro (Humboldt, 1821)	Jau	0.2

The frequency of species occurrence (presence/absence) is expressed as a percentage.