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MANCERA-RODRIGUEZ, NÉSTOR JAVIER  e  ALVAREZ-LEON, RICARDO. The Trade Of Ornamental Fishes In Colombia. Acta biol.Colomb. [online]. 2008, vol.13, n.1, pp.23-52. ISSN 0120-548X.

This work offers a current view on the trade of ornamental fish in Colombia , approaching the topic from the development that has had its productive activity and extractive use, as well as the dynamics of its legal and illegal trade in the country. The information of Instituto Colombiano de Desarrollo Rural, Ministerio de Ambiente, Vivienda y Desarrollo Territorial, Regional Corporations, Urban Environmental Authorities, Police Authorities, Institutes of Research, Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística, Dirección de Impuestos y Aduanas Nacionales, Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo and Proexport was analyzed. In Colombia , the trade of ornamental fish is mainly the extraction of individual of species of fresh water, that has generated imbalances in the natural populations and has deteriorated aquatic ecosystems. According to the Incoder exports made during the 2004 were of 26.587.740 units of individuals alive that represented an entrance of foreign currencies of US$ 7.271.800, and in 2.005 were of 29.512.391 units of individuals alive that represented an entrance of foreign currencies of US$ 6.257.551. The main exported species are the cardinal Paracheirodon axelrodi, the corredoras Corydoras sp. (22 species), the cuchas (32 different species), the otocinclo Otocinclus sp., the tetra neon Paracheirodon innesi, the brilliant tetra Hemigrammus arstrongi and the tetra rodostomo Hemigrammus rhodostomus, which represented more than 70% of the exports of 2002. In the country, there is not exact information on numbers of ornamental fishes captured in control operatives of illegal traffic of fauna, and knowledge of the dynamics of this illegal trade does not exist

Palavras-chave : ornamental fish; legal trade; illegal trade; Colombia.

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