A novel facet of the impact of plastic pollution on fish: Silver croaker (Plagioscion squamosissimus) suffocated by a plastic bag in the Amazon estuary, Brazil. (May 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Andrades, Ryan; Trindade, Paulo Arthur A.; Giarrizzo, Tommaso
• Is Part Of: Marine pollution bulletin. Volume 166(2021)
• Publication Date: 2021-05
• Subjects: Plastic pollution -- Debris pollution -- Amazon River -- Litter pollution -- Water pollution; Marine pollution -- Periodicals; Marine Biology -- Periodicals; Water Pollution -- Periodicals; Mer -- Pollution -- Périodiques; Publications périodiques; Pollution des mers; Lutte antipollution; Electronic journals; 363.7394
• DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112197
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0025-326X

Abstract

Abstract: On December 23rd, 2020 in the Marajó Bay, Amazon estuary, we found a specimen of Plagioscion squamosissimus floating dead and choked and suffocated by a plastic bag. Here, we presented images of record and discuss the rarity and factors that may be involved in this to date unreported plastic-animal interaction for bony fishes. Highlights: Commercially important fish species P. squamosissimus found dead in the Marajó Bay, Amazon. The specimen was floating with its head entangled in a plastic bag. The decision to attempt to swallow the plastic bag may reflect a maladaptive behavior.