First record of the camboatá Megalechis picta (Müller & Troschel, 1849) (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) for the Pantanal, Brazil

Authors

  • Luiz Tencatt Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia de Ambientes Aquáticos Continentais
  • Francisco Severo-Neto Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Departamento de Biologia, Laboratório de Zoologia
  • Otávio Froehlich Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul

Keywords:

Callichtyinae, Introduced species, Neotropical region, rio Paraguay, rio Orinoco

Abstract

Herein we report the first record of Megalechis picta in the Brazilian Pantanal based in a single specimen captured in a tributary to the rio Miranda, municipality of Corumbá, rio Paraguay basin, State of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. Additional discussion about its co-occurrence with M. thoracata is also provided.
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Published

2015-03-01

How to Cite

Tencatt, L., Severo-Neto, F., & Froehlich, O. (2015). First record of the camboatá Megalechis picta (Müller & Troschel, 1849) (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) for the Pantanal, Brazil. Biota Neotropica, 15(1). Retrieved from //www.biotaneotropica.org.br/BN/article/view/1307

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 1 (2015): v15n1

Section

Short Communications