Caracterização do comércio varejista de peixes ornamentais, no município de Feira de Santana, Bahia

Abstract

The objective of this work was to characterize the retail trade of ornamental fish in Feira de Santana, Bahia. The work was carried out in the period from December 2015 to January 2016. In principle, a survey was carried out of establishments that sold ornamental fish in the municipality, which were visited and their merchants were interviewed, through a semi-structured questionnaire. During the study period, a total of 7 stores were registered that traded ornamental fish, of which 5 were the object of the work. A Most stores sold only freshwater fish, only one marketed both freshwater and marine fish. The fishes sold in stores were obtained entirely from aquaculture. a total of 15 families of ornamental fish was seen in the aquariums of storage of the visited stores, with the most representative family in number of species was Cichlidae (22%), followed by Cyprinidae (16%) and Characidae (12%). Of these families, a total of 50 species of fish were recorded. ornamentals, three marine species. Best selling fish species in the establishments were: guppy (Poecilia reticulada), platy (Xiphophorus maculatus), molly (Poecilia latipinna), swordtail (Xiphophorus helleri), and betta (Betta splendens). While the least sold were: hepatotus (Paracanthurus hepatus), trichogaster (Trichogaster trichopterus), Kinguios (Carassius auratus) and venustus (Nimbochromis venustus). Regarding the origin of the species registered it was verified that 76% of the species were exotic and 24% native. It is suggested to carry out work on the characterization of fish farms ornamental plants in the region, as well as the profile of aquarists, to establish a more complete diagnosis of the productive chain of ornamental fish in Feira de Santana.