Beltrán-López, Rosa Gabriela http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8955-7603
Domínguez-Domínguez, Omar http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9583-4443
Pérez-Rodríguez, Rodolfo http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0822-4610
Piller, Kyle http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1289-9351
Doadrio, Ignacio http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4863-9711
Article History
Received: 15 August 2017
Accepted: 3 April 2018
First Online: 20 April 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The research has been carried out within an appropriate ethical framework. All procedures performed, including field sampling techniques and laboratory protocols, as anesthetised and euthanasia techniques used in this study were reviewed and approved by a committee of Mexican Ministry of Environmental and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT), under collection permit number PPF/DGOPA-262/17. This procedures were also assessed and approved by the Institutional Biosecurity and Bioethics committee of the Institute of Chemical and Biological Research, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, México. The specimens were anesthetised using tricaine mesylate (MS-222) to anesthetize the fishes, according with the Official Mexican Norm NOM-051-ZOO-1995 and NOM-033-SAG/ZOO-2014 for humanitarian treatment in the mobilization of animals. The study organism is neither protected nor endangered.
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