List of endangered animal species — This is a list of endangered animal species according to the World Conservation Union (IUCN) Red List. The list includes endangered species of the kingdom Animalia. NOTOC A* Acheilognathus elongatus * Acipenser Endangered * Acrocephalus… … Wikipedia
Pimelodidae — Taxobox name = Long whiskered catfish fossil range = Oligocene Recent [cite journal|url=http://www.ufrgs.br/ni/vol3num4%5CNI v3n4p607 623lowr.pdf|title=Revision of genus Steindachneridion (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae)|journal=Neotropical… … Wikipedia
Pseudoplatystoma — tigrinum Scientific classification Kingdom: Animal … Wikipedia
Amazon River — Portuguese Rio Amazonas River, northern South America. It is the largest river in the world in volume and area of drainage basin, and only the Nile River of northeastern Africa exceeds it in length. It originates within 100 mi (160 km) of the… … Universalium
Threestripe corydoras — Leopard catfish redirects here. For the Pimelodid catfish also called leopard catfish, see Perrunichthys perruno. Threestripe corydoras Threestripe corydoras, Corydoras trilineatus … Wikipedia
Sardine — Pilchard redirects here. For other uses, see Pilchard (disambiguation). This article is about the fish. For the children s games, see Sardines (game). Sardine … Wikipedia
commercial fishing — Introduction the taking of fish and other seafood and resources from oceans, rivers, and lakes for the purpose of marketing them. Fishing is one of the oldest employments of humankind. Ancient heaps of discarded mollusk shells (shell… … Universalium
brazil — /breuh zil /, n. brazilwood. [1350 1400; ME brasile < ML < It < Sp brasil, deriv. of brasa live coal (the wood being red in color) < Gmc; see BRAISE] * * * Brazil Introduction Brazil Background: Following three centuries under the rule of… … Universalium
Brazil — Brazilian /breuh zil yeuhn/, adj., n. /breuh zil /, n. a republic in South America. 164,511,366; 3,286,170 sq. mi. (8,511,180 sq. km). Cap.: Brasília. Portuguese and Spanish, Brasil. Official name, Federative Republic of Brazil. * * * Brazil… … Universalium
Anthropology and Archaeology — ▪ 2009 Introduction Anthropology Among the key developments in 2008 in the field of physical anthropology was the discovery by a large interdisciplinary team of Spanish and American scientists in northern Spain of a partial mandible (lower… … Universalium
Taboo food and drink — This article is about practices and beliefs in relation to various animals as food. For more discussion on religious views, see Unclean animals. Swine are considered treif (unfit or unclean) in Judaism and haraam (forbidden) in Islam. Taboo food… … Wikipedia