Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation

Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Food Supply


In Situ Conservation Summary


   
Repository  Embrapa Pesca e Aquicultura
City / State Palmas / Tocantins
Collection name  Coleção de germoplasma in situ da espécie Piaractus brachypomus (caranha)
Total of animals registered  100
Total by taxonomy 
  Characidae Piaractus brachypomus (100)
Active animals  78
Unit of semen/embyos  364, of 17 animals
Unit of DNA/Tissues  2, of 2 animals
Descriptor Name (number of animals) 
  Fork length (2)
  Total length (100)
  Body weight (102)
  Head length (95)
  Body depth (77)
  Standard length (62)
  Body width (62)
  Waterbody name (63)
  River basin (63)
  Latitude degrees (63)
  Latitude minutes (63)
  Latitude seconds (63)
  Longitude degrees (63)
  Longitude minutes (63)
  Longitude seconds (63)
  Gonad maturation (5)
  Does the specie native or exotic from the sampled river basin? (63)