The Tavares River or Rio Tavares is a river of

Florianópolis Florianópolis () is the capital and second largest city of the state of Santa Catarina, in the South region of Brazil. The city encompasses Santa Catarina Island and surrounding small islands, as well as part of the mainland. It has a populat ...

, capital of Santa Catarina state in southeastern

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. Rio Tavares is also the name of a neighborhood in the city which is cut by the river.

Biolife

Part of the

Pirajubaé Marine Extractive Reserve Pirajubaé Marine Extractive Reserve ( pt, Reserva Extrativista Marinha do Pirajubaé) is an extractive reserve in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil, created in 1993. The purpose was to support sustainable harvesting of shellfish from a shoal ...

since 20 May 1992, it holds various species of

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(''Farfantepenaeus brasiliensis'') and

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(''Litopenaeus schmitti'') shrimps in the

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.(pt) Marine Extractive Reserve of Pirajubaé
/ref> The river holds the Brazilian Mullets (

Mugil ''Mugil'' is a genus of mullet in the family Mugilidae found worldwide in tropical and temperate coastal marine waters, but also entering estuaries and rivers. Species There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus: * ''Mugil bananensi ...

brasiliensis), Silver Mullets (

Mugil curema The white mullet or silver mullet (''Mugil curema'') is a tropical and subtropical marine fish of the family Mugilidae. It is commonly about 30 cm long. Note that silver mullet is also a common name used for fantail mullet (''Mugil gyrans'') ...

), crabs, catfishes and other species. The mangroves near Rio Tavares are also used as shelters for several seabirds species and migratory birds.

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Rivers of Santa Catarina (state) {{SantaCatarina-river-stub

Biolife

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