Pisces, Buenos and Guaratinguetá watersheds, eastern Serra da Mantiqueira, São Paulo, Brazil [with erratum]

• Main Authors: Giulianna Rondineli, Alberto Carmassi, Francisco Braga
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Pensoft Publishers 2011-12-01
• Series: Check List
• Online Access: https://checklist.pensoft.net/article/18161/download/pdf/

The fishes of the present study were collected in the Buenos and Guaratinguetá watersheds. In order to include regions of the slope, piedmont and the valley 15 collection points were marked, eight of them in the Buenos watershed and seven in the Guaratinguetá watershed. There were captured 2,805 individuals belonging to 34 species, 13 families and seven orders. In the Buenos watershed, there were 27 species and the Guaratinguetá watershed 30 species; four species were unique to streams of the Buenos watershed and eight to streams of the Guaratinguetá watershed. The list of fish species here presented is important for the knowledge on biodiversity in these environments.