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Fossil freshwater fishes from the Pliocene of northern Colombia and the palaeogeography of northern South America

Papers in Palaeontology, Volume 12, Issue 4, July/August 2026.
Abstract Freshwater fishes from the northwestern Colombian Andes are reported from the Pliocene Sincelejo and Ware formations. A total of 10 taxa have been identified, involving two orders, five families and nine genera. Characters from dental morphology, fin spines and cranial bones are provided as taxonomic tools for the study of fossil fishes.
Gustavo A. Ballen, Camilo Montes, Jorge D. Carrillo‐Briceño, Sergio Bogan, Sandra Reinales, Mario C. C. de Pinna, Carlos Jaramillo   +6 more
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Disentangling Environmental, Spatial and Niche Influences on Fish Beta Diversity Along the Sandy Beaches of an Amazonian River

Freshwater Biology, Volume 71, Issue 7, July 2026.
ABSTRACT Beta diversity is an important descriptor of community structuring and it plays a crucial role for understanding the patterns and processes shaping biodiversity at multiple spatial extents. We investigated the influence of local, spatial, landscape factors and niche characteristics on fish beta diversity along the Acre River in Acre, Brazil ...
Ronaldo S. Silva, Lucas P. Oliveira, Naraiana L. Benone, Jean C. G. Ortega, Antonio A. Jardim Jr, Lídia B. Seabra, Fabiano Corrêa, Lisandro J. S. Vieira, Robert M. Hughes, Luciano F. A. Montag   +9 more
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A new catfish species of Microcambeva Costa & Bockmann, 1994 (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from southern Brazil, with a redescription of M. ribeirae Costa, Lima & Bizerril, 2004

Journal of Fish Biology, Volume 109, Issue 1, Page 146-164, July 2026.
Abstract Among the few species of Microcambeva reported as occurring in more than one hydrographic basin, M. ribeirae has been previously listed from both the Ribeira de Iguape and the Guaraqueçaba basins. However, morphological and molecular analyses revealed that the specimens from Guaraqueçaba represent a new species, which is described in this ...
Lucas S. de Medeiros, Igor C. A. Souto‐Santos, Paulo A. Buckup, Juliano Ferrer, Vinicius J. C. Reis, Mario de Pinna, Sergio M. Q. Lima   +6 more
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A new, conspicuously pigmented Pyrrhulina (Teleostei: Characiformes: Lebiasinidae) from the Río Tigre, Loreto, Peru

Journal of Fish Biology, Volume 109, Issue 1, Page 102-110, July 2026.
Abstract A new species of Pyrrhulina is described based on morphological and molecular evidence. Pyrrhulina punctata is distinguished from all congeners by the presence of a series of 7 to 16 irregular blotches of dark pigmentation on the flanks, equally marked in juveniles and adult specimens, the presence of 26–28 lateral‐line scales, 17–21 maxillary
Andre Netto‐Ferreira, Lorena Vieira, Taina Souza, Morgan Ruiz‐Tafur, James Garcia‐Ayala   +4 more
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Life‐History and Landscape Context Shaping the Spatial Genetic Structure of the Migratory Amazonian Fish Prochilodus nigricans

Freshwater Biology, Volume 71, Issue 6, June 2026.
ABSTRACT The Neotropical migratory fish Prochilodus nigricans plays a critical ecological and socioeconomic role in the Amazon basin. Nevertheless, little is known about its populations and the genetic diversity pattern of the species. In light of this, the current study investigates the spatial genetic structure and diversity of P.
Ueslei Lopes, Josiane Ribolli, Carolina B. Machado, Rosane Silva‐Santos, Pedro M. Galetti Jr., Patrícia D. Freitas   +5 more
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Integrative taxonomy reveals two new species of whiptail catfishes Loricaria (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from northeastern Brazil

Journal of Fish Biology, Volume 108, Issue 6, Page 2080-2097, June 2026.
Abstract Two new species of whiptail catfish, Loricaria (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), were discovered in the Munim and Itapecuru river basins, Maranhão State, northeastern Brazil, through an integrative taxonomic approach combining morphology and mitochondrial DNA.
Ananda. C. Serejo‐Saraiva, Nivaldo M. Piorski, Felipe P. Ottoni, Mark H. Sabaj, Sergio M. Q. Lima   +4 more
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Early Biogeography of Otophysi Points to the Neotropics as the Cradle of Characiphysan Fishes

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 11, November 2025.
Otophysan fishes represent 70% of living freshwater fishes with 12,000 species. Relationships among their four orders were explored through a dense taxonomic sampling including 529 complete mitochondrial genomes and 4 nuclear genes for 324 species.
Achille Lenglin, Max Hidalgo, Guido Miranda, Aaron De la Sota, Pierre Caminade, Khalid Belkhir, Olga Otero, Pierre‐Olivier Antoine, Carmen Garcia‐Davila, Nicolas Hubert   +9 more
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Local Environmental Variables Predict Fish Species Richness and Composition in Sand Beaches of a Neotropical River

River Research and Applications, Volume 41, Issue 9, Page 1949-1958, November 2025.
ABSTRACT Local and regional species diversity is influenced by historical factors, resource availability, biotic interactions, the presence of resources, and adequate environmental conditions. We evaluated the effects of local environmental variables and spatial structure on fish species richness and composition along sandy beaches of a Neotropical ...
Ronaldo Souza da Silva, Jean Carlo Gonçalves Ortega, Lucas Pires de Oliveira, Vinicius Guerra, Werther Pereira Ramalho, Fabiano Corrêa, Mariana Costa Fratari, Lisandro Juno Soares Vieira, Luciano Fogaça Assis de Montag   +8 more
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Molecular phylogeny reveals a new species of ghost electric knifefish Porotergus Ellis 1912 (Gymnotiformes: Apteronotidae), from the Amazon basin

Journal of Fish Biology, Volume 107, Issue 5, Page 1519-1531, November 2025.
Abstract A new species of ghost electric knifefish, Porotergus sambaibensis sp. nov., is described from the Javaés River, a tributary of the Araguaia River in Brazil. The new species was assigned to the genus Porotergus as the closest relative to Porotergus gimbeli through maximum likelihood reconstruction of a concatenated multilocus dataset ...
Marina B. Mendonça, Luiz A. W. Peixoto, Carine C. Chamon, A. Akama, C. David de Santana   +4 more
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Hyperspectral data as a biodiversity screening tool can differentiate among diverse Neotropical fishes. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2021
Kolmann MA, Kalacska M, Lucanus O, Sousa L, Wainwright D, Arroyo-Mora JP, Andrade MC.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source