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Morphological and Histometric Alterations in Gonadal and Neural Tissues of Native and Non-Native Fishes From the Lower Doce River Basin in Southeastern Brazil. [PDF]

Anat Histol Embryol
ABSTRACT The ichthyofauna of the lower Doce River basin has been exposed to multiple anthropogenic stressors. Among these, the collapse of the Fundão mining tailings dam in Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil, in 2015 resulted in massive fish mortality and widespread contamination of aquatic environments.
Marcon L, Souza KL, Travenzoli NM, Rosa GR, de Almeida Santos ML, Ferreira WR, Coelho PN, Dos Santos JAD, Henschel E.   +8 more
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Linking rivers, mixing faunas: How artificial connectivity between the Middle and Upper Paraná River basins shapes fish diversity in a tributary of the Itaipu Reservoir, Brazil. [PDF]

J Fish Biol
Abstract This work aimed to investigate the distribution and occurrence of fish species along the São Francisco Falso Braço Norte (SFFBN) River basin, a tributary of the Middle Paraná River basin now artificially connected to the Upper Paraná ecoregion, to evaluate how such connectivity may affect the biogeographic distribution and regional composition
Kampfert LEP, Maicrovicz JC, Blanco DR, Lange D, Pavanelli CS, Brandão H.   +5 more
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A new Hyphessobrycon (Characiformes: Acestrorhamphidae) of the Hyphessobrycon agulha lineage of Hyphessobryconinae from the lower Aripuanã basin, Brazil, with comments about the lineage. [PDF]

J Fish Biol
Abstract A new species of Hyphessobrycon is described from a tributary of Rio Jatuarana, lower Rio Aripuanã basin, Rio Madeira basin, Apuí, Amazonas. The new species is part of the Hyphessobrycon agulha lineage, with the typical midlateral narrow black stripe immediately followed dorsally by an iridescent stripe.
Faria TC, Ohara WM, Monteiro ILP, Oliveira C.   +3 more
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Hydrological Connectivity Enhances Fish Biodiversity in Amazonian Mining Ponds: Insights From eDNA and Traditional Sampling. [PDF]

Mol Ecol
ABSTRACT Artisanal and small‐scale gold mining (ASGM) expansion in the Madre de Dios region of the Peruvian Amazon has transformed primary forests into a novel wetland complex of thousands of abandoned mining ponds. Despite their ecological relevance, post‐mining recovery of these systems remains understudied, particularly regarding fish biodiversity ...
Timana-Mendoza C, Reyes-Calderón A, Venail P, Britzke R, Santa-Maria MC, Araújo-Flores JM, Silman M, Fernandez LE.   +7 more
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Threshold responses of floating meadow fish communities to floodplain forest cover in the lower Amazon River. [PDF]

Conserv Biol
Abstract Forest cover is positively associated with fish biomass and fisheries yield in the Amazon River floodplain, and many species enter flooded forests to feed, spawn, or seek refuge from predation. Floating macrophyte beds, known as floating meadows, in Amazon floodplains support high fish diversity and serve as nursery habitat for many fishes of ...
Grinstead S, Arantes CC, Winemiller KO, Kelso-Winemiller LC, de Oliveira JA, Petrere M, Freitas CEC.   +6 more
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Early Biogeography of Otophysi Points to the Neotropics as the Cradle of Characiphysan Fishes. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
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.
Lenglin A, Hidalgo M, Miranda G, De la Sota A, Caminade P, Belkhir K, Otero O, Antoine PO, Garcia-Davila C, Hubert N.   +9 more
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High trophic niche overlap between sympatric peacock basses (Cichliformes: Cichlidae: Cichla): Concordant findings from three dietary analysis methods. [PDF]

J Fish Biol
Abstract Dietary analysis has contributed to our understanding of animal niches, interspecific interactions, community structure and the flow of matter and energy in food webs. We employed three methods of dietary analysis to estimate trophic niche overlap between two peacock bass species, Cichla cataractae and Cichla ocellaris, across sympatric ...
Fry BL, Roberts HC, Winemiller KO.
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Establishing new grid-size-dependent attributes to rank areas of endemism for conservation priorities. [PDF]

Cladistics
Abstract Delineating Areas of Endemism (AEs) is crucial for identifying priority areas for biodiversity conservation in a spatial planning framework. Endemicity Analysis in the NDM/VNDM software is one of the primary methodologies for its delineation.
Frota A, da Graça WJ.
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Isolated in the highlands, found in the museum: A new species of Characidium (Crenuchidae) from a Bolivian National Park, with a CT scan revealing features. [PDF]

J Fish Biol
Abstract A new species of Characidium is described from a small, isolated river in the highland areas of Noel Kempff Mercado National Park, Bolivia. The new taxon can be diagnosed by the presence of a relatively broad and conspicuous dark midlateral stripe extending from the tip of snout to the base of the caudal fin, markedly darker than the vertical ...
Oliveira-Silva L, Or K, Zanata A, Schaefer SA.   +3 more
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Morphological and molecular evidence reveals a new species of Characidium from the Ucayali-Urubamba Piedmont, Peru, and novel molecular clades are proposed within the genus. [PDF]

J Fish Biol
Abstract A new species of Characidium is described from the Urubamba River basin, within the Ucayali‐Urubamba Piedmont ecoregion, Peru. The new species can be readily distinguished from all congeners, except Characidium cacah, Characidium chicoi, Characidium helmeri, Characidium mirim, Characidium nana, Characidium nupelia, Characidium sterbai ...
Oliveira-Silva L, Britzke R, Meza-Vargas V, Hidalgo MH, Faustino-Fuster D, Oliveira C, Zanata AM.   +6 more
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