About the Authors

Renata Rúbia Ota

renata_ota@yahoo.com.br

Affiliation Research Center in Limnology, Ichthyology and Aquaculture (Núcleo de Pesquisas in Limnologia, Ictiologia e Aquicultura - Nupélia), State University of Maringá (Universidade Estadual de Maringá - UEM), Maringá, Paraná, Brasil

Hugo José Message

Affiliation Research Center in Limnology, Ichthyology and Aquaculture (Núcleo de Pesquisas in Limnologia, Ictiologia e Aquicultura - Nupélia), State University of Maringá (Universidade Estadual de Maringá - UEM), Maringá, Paraná, Brasil

Weferson Júnio da Graça

Affiliations Research Center in Limnology, Ichthyology and Aquaculture (Núcleo de Pesquisas in Limnologia, Ictiologia e Aquicultura - Nupélia), State University of Maringá (Universidade Estadual de Maringá - UEM), Maringá, Paraná, Brasil, Department of Biology, State University of Maringá (Universidade Estadual de Maringá - UEM), Maringá, Paraná, Brasil

Carla Simone Pavanelli

Affiliation Research Center in Limnology, Ichthyology and Aquaculture (Núcleo de Pesquisas in Limnologia, Ictiologia e Aquicultura - Nupélia), State University of Maringá (Universidade Estadual de Maringá - UEM), Maringá, Paraná, Brasil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WJG RRO HJM CSP. Performed the experiments: RRO HJM. Analyzed the data: RRO HJM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RRO HJM. Wrote the paper: RRO HJM CSP WJG.