Identification key for fishes from coastal streams of the Atlantic forest of southeastern Brazil

Authors

  • Cristina da Silva Gonçalves Universidade Estadual Paulista, Departamento de Zoologia
  • Fernando Rogério Carvalho Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Instituto de Biociências, Laboratório de Ictiologia
  • María Angélica Pérez-Mayorga Universidade Estadual Paulista, Departamento de Zoologia e Botânica
  • Isadora Francesconi de Oliveira Universidade Estadual Paulista, Departamento de Zoologia

Keywords:

taxonomy, endemic and endangered fishes, Neotropical streams, Juréia-Itatins Ecological Station

Abstract

Abstract In recent decades, current knowledge about fish from Neotropical streams has greatly increased, but is still deficient. Here we present an identification key for fishes from coastal freshwater streams from a large conservation area of Atlantic rainforest of southeastern Brazil, including 39 species. Considering that most of these species (61.2%) are endemic to the coastal streams, this identification key will be useful not only for the species recognition of the sampled area, but also for the surrounding coastal region.
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Published

2017-01-01

How to Cite

Gonçalves, C. da S., Carvalho, F. R., Pérez-Mayorga, M. A., & Oliveira, I. F. de. (2017). Identification key for fishes from coastal streams of the Atlantic forest of southeastern Brazil. Biota Neotropica, 17(4). Retrieved from //www.biotaneotropica.org.br/BN/article/view/1480

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 4 (2017): v17n4

Section

Identification Keys

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