Fish, tributaries of middle Rio Mogi Guaçu, upper rio Paraná basin, São Paulo state, Southeastern Brazil
In this paper we compiled a fish list obtained from field collections performed between 1999 and 2005 infour tributaries of the Rio Mogi Guaçu, upper Rio Paraná basin, São Paulo State, Brazil. The collected fishes belong tosix orders, 21 families, 60 genera and 82 species. The number of species repr...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Pensoft Publishers
2009-01-01
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| Series: | Check List |
| Online Access: | http://www.checklist.org.br/getpdf?SL128-08 |
| Summary: | In this paper we compiled a fish list obtained from field collections performed between 1999 and 2005 infour tributaries of the Rio Mogi Guaçu, upper Rio Paraná basin, São Paulo State, Brazil. The collected fishes belong tosix orders, 21 families, 60 genera and 82 species. The number of species represents 20 to 30% of the fish richness forthe entire upper Rio Paraná basin according to recent estimates. A comparison to earlier published fish lists of the RioMogi Guaçu basin, chiefly from its main river channel, is also presented. |
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| ISSN: | 1809-127X |