An inventory of coastal freshwater fishes from Amapá highlighting the occurrence of eight new records for Brazil

By

Melo, Bruno F.
Benine, Ricardo Cardoso.
Britzke, Ricardo
Gama, Cecile de Souza
Oliveira, Claudio de

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2016

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

606

Pages

127-140

Subjects

Amazon , French Guyana , Neotropical , South America , Teleostei

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.606.9297

 

Abstract

The Amazon Basin occupies a vast portion of northern South America and contains some of the highest species richness in the world. The northern Brazilian state of Amapá is delimited by the Amazonas River to the south, the Oyapock River to the northern boundary with French Guyana, and the Atlantic northeastern coast to Amazon estuary. Despite several expeditions to the Amazon in recent decades, little is known about the freshwater ichthyofauna from Amapá, with records limited to local inventories and species descriptions. This paper presents a compilation of the freshwater fish diversity sampled in fifteen sites covering two major Amapá ecoregions during the dry season of 2015. 120 species representing eight orders and 40 families are reported upon in this work. Eight species appear for the first time in the Brazilian territory providing new information for future conservation status evaluations.