Fishes from lakes and tributaries of the Rio Santa Bárbara, Sapucaí‑Mirim/Grande hydrographic basin, São Paulo, Brazil

By

Diniz, Paulo Baltazar
Siqueira, Hatus De Oliveira
Faleiros, Tâmer De Oliveira
Pereira, Nycolas Levy
Senhorini, José Augusto
Esguícero, André Luiz Henríques
Bertelli, Célio

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2019-8-9

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

15

Series / Issue

Issue: 4

Pages

629--640

Subjects

Conservation , Freshwater fishes , Neotropical biodiversity , upper rio Paraná

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/15.4.629

 

Abstract

Rio Santa Bárbara, a small tributary of the Rio Sapucaí-Mirim, has undergone severe human intervention over the past 80 years. We surveyed the ichthyofauna of this river, some surrounding lakes, and the Rio Potreiro, a tributary. Four campaigns were carried out, 2 in the dry season and 2 in the rainy season. We found 920 specimens at 12 sites and included 32 species belonging to 6 orders and 16 families. The order Characiformes was found to be best represented in our study, followed by the orders Cichliformes and Siluriformes. The family Characidae was the most numerous, followed by the families Cichlidae and Poeciliidae. A specimen of Brycon nattereri was collected from the Rio Santa Bárbara; this species is Critically Endangered in the state of São Paulo.