The objectives of this work were to study the functional anatomy and the comparative morphometry in the medium intestine and in the rectum of Teleostei, surubim, Pseudoplatystoma coruscans (Agassiz, 1829) (Siluriformes, Siluroidei, Pimelodidae), with carnivorous feeding habits, in two size classes, aiming to provide nutritional data for the adjustment of different artificial feeding system. It was concluded that the surubim intestine, under a morphological view, must be called of medium intestine and rectum, due to the presence of ileo-rectal valve […]