First records of freshwater fish species in Colombia: extending the distribution of 17 Amazonian and Orinoco fish species

By

Bogotá-Gregory, Juan D.
C. T. Lima, Flavio
DoNascimiento, Carlos
Acosta-Santos, Astrid
Villa-Navarro, Francisco Antonio
Agudelo Córdoba, Edwin

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020-10-28

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

16

Series / Issue

Issue: 5

Pages

1395--1406

Subjects

cis-andean , freshwater ichthyofauna , Geographical distribution , Neotropics , range extensions

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/16.5.1395

 

Abstract

Based on a rigorous analysis of fish collections of the Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas (Sinchi) and new collections by us, we report new Colombian records and geographical range extensions for freshwater fish species. The new occurrences include representatives of four taxonomic orders, eight families, and 13 genera. Our findings expand the geographic ranges of fish species within the Amazon and Orinoco basins and include species reported from Colombia for the first time. This information is fundamental for completion of species inventories, as well as analyses of freshwater fish diversity patterns at macroecological scales. In addition, our data provide useful information for the formulation of strategies for the conservation, management, and sustainable use of biodiversity.