“…The species has been the subject of research for decades regarding its habitat (Coscarón, 1959), reproductive cycles in its natural environment (Herrmann et al, 2009), population dynamics (Bergonci & Thomé, 2008) and the reduction in natural stocks and outbreaks of mortalities that affect the species in areas of its distribution (Carvalho et al, 2013; Carvalho et al, 2013; Ortega et al, 2012; Santos et al, 2016). However, reproductive studies have only recently been carried out, reporting and describing processes that involve broodstock conditioning, spawning techniques and embryonic and complete larval development under different laboratory conditions (Santos, Bernardes, Ramírez, Ramos, et al, 2020; Santos, Bernardes, Ramírez, Gomes, et al, 2020), with the initial aim of contributing information for the cultivation of this species.…”