Notes on the ethnoicthyology of fishermen from the Tocantins river (Brazil)

  • Begossi A
  • Garavello J
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Ethnobiology includes the study of how populations perceive and classify organisms. This study focuses on the utilization and classification of fishes by fishermen from the Tocantins river. The study area is located between the cities of Imperatriz and Estreito (Maranhão and Tocantins States). Interviews with fishermen and collection of fish species were performed from October 1987 to June 1988. The criteria used by fishermen to classify fish species are mainly morphological, such as related to body shape and coloration. Fish habitat is also an information used in folk classification. Terrestrial plants and animals are a reference for some fish names. Fishermen showed a deeper knowledge and detailed classification of species of fish used for food, sale, or medicine. Folk classification represents the knowledge a population has on its environment, and it is more detailed on species which are part of its realized niche as indicated by this study.Um dos objetivos de etnobiologia é entende como as populações humanas classificam os recursos encontrados no ambiente. Este estudo borda aspectos da etnoictiologia de comunidades de pescadores localizadas no Médio Tocantins, entre as cidades de Imperatriz e Estreito (Estados do Maranhão e Tocantins). Foram -realizadas visitas bimestrais, de outubro de 1987 a junho de 1988. Pescadores foram entrevistados sobre a utilização e classificação de peixes e espécimes de peixes foram coletados para identificação. Os critérios de classificação dos pescadores são morfológicos e ecológicos (em particular relacionados ao habitat). Observou-se uma classificação mais detalhada pela comunidade das espécies de peixes utilizadas para consumo, venda e/ou fins medicinais do que das não utilizadas.

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Begossi, A., & Garavello, J. C. (1990). Notes on the ethnoicthyology of fishermen from the Tocantins river (Brazil). Acta Amazonica, 20(0), 341–351. https://doi.org/10.1590/1809-43921990201351

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