Fishes from Baía da Medalha, southern Pantanal, Brazil: A 20 years review

Authors

  • Francisco Severo-Neto Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Laboratório de Zoologia
  • Luiz Fernando Caserta Tencatt Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia de Ambientes Aquáticos Continentais
  • Raul Costa-Pereira Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Biodiversidade
  • Luiz Eduardo Roland Tavares Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Laboratório de Parasitologia Veterinária

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Lagoa, áreas úmidas, rio Miranda, Ictiofauna

Abstract

Abstract Located in the Pantanal of Miranda-Abobral, the Baía da Medalha is the largest pond close to the Base de Estudos do Pantanal of the Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul. The Baía da Medalha has been a study site for several didactic and scientific projects for years. Nevertheless, its fish fauna has never been inventoried. Based on data collected from the beginning of the 1990s up to 2011, we provide a list of fish species from the Baía da Medalha. A total of 97 species were recorded, corresponding to about 40% of the species stated for the Pantanal. Characiformes and Siluriformes were the most species-rich orders, being Characidae and Cichlidae the families with the highest number of species. Regional seasonal flood dynamics and the abundance of aquatic macrophytes may be associated with this high diversity. The representative richness found in this lagoon highlights the importance of such taxonomic surveys to preserve the diversity of aquatic habitats within the Pantanal ecosystem.

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2015-06-01

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Severo-Neto, F., Tencatt, L. F. C., Costa-Pereira, R., & Tavares, L. E. R. (2015). Fishes from Baía da Medalha, southern Pantanal, Brazil: A 20 years review. Biota Neotropica, 15(2). Retrieved from //www.biotaneotropica.org.br/BN/article/view/1296

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