Journal
NEOTROPICAL ICHTHYOLOGY
Volume 16, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
SOC BRASILEIRA ICTIOLOGIA
DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-20170094
Keywords
Geographical distribution; Ichthyological diversity; Key of identification; Non-native species; Taxonomy
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- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq)
- Fundacao Araucaria
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The book Peixes da planicie de inundacao do alto rio Parana e areas adjacentes represents the most cohesive data compilation for the rio Parana floodplain. However, considering the dynamicity of the taxonomy of freshwater fishes, several new records and taxonomic changes occurred along the past years. Therefore, the results of that publication were revisited, providing an update of the species list, their taxonomic status, records and geographic distribution, and also new keys for genera and species. The species included were those recorded in the rio Parana basin, from the mouth of the rio Paranapanema to the Itaipu Reservoir, following the general methodology presented in the book. A total of 10 orders, 41 families, 126 genera, and 211 species were registered, with an increase of one order, six families, 14 genera, and 29 species when compared to the book. Additionally, four new genera recently described, five synonymization proposals, 14 new identifications, four new combinations, 12 new species recently described, 34 new records, and nine misidentified species were recorded. These results are associated with the redirection of human and financial resources to that area, which enabled monitoring and intensive exploration of its watercourses; as well as training of taxonomists, and new taxonomic resolutions.
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