Fish, Sorocaba river sub-basin, state of São Paulo, Brazil.
In this paper we present a list of the fish fauna of Sorocaba river sub-basin. Fish were caught with gillnets,sieves and puçás, a sort of funnel net. We listed 71 species, distributed in 7 orders, 22 families and 50 genera.Characiformes are represented by 39 species, Siluriformes 21, Perciformes 4,...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Pensoft Publishers
2007-01-01
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| Series: | Check List |
| Online Access: | http://www.checklist.org.br/getpdf?SL014-07 |
| Summary: | In this paper we present a list of the fish fauna of Sorocaba river sub-basin. Fish were caught with gillnets,sieves and puçás, a sort of funnel net. We listed 71 species, distributed in 7 orders, 22 families and 50 genera.Characiformes are represented by 39 species, Siluriformes 21, Perciformes 4, Gymnotiformes 3, Cyprinodontiformes 2,and Synbranchiformes and Cypriniformes by a single species each. Five species are alien. Nine species remain as anindefinite taxonomical status. |
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| ISSN: | 1809-127X |