Distribution modeling of Psellogrammus kennedyi (Eigenmann, 1903) and new records in the Lower Paranapanema River, Brazil

By

Jarduli, Lucas Ribeiro
Pereira, Alan Deivid
Garcia, Diego Azevedo Zoccal
Ferraz, João Daniel
Geller, Iago Vinicios
Orsi, Mario Luis

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021-9-17

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

17

Series / Issue

Issue: 5

Pages

1277--1284

Subjects

Characidae , Dispersal , Distribution , freshwater , invasion , Neotropical region , South America , Upper Paraná River Basin

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/17.5.1277

 

Abstract

Understanding the potential distribution of non-native species can be an important tool in preventing biological invasions. We recorded for the first time Psellogrammus kennedyi, a small non-native characiform, in the Lower Paranapanema River, Brazil. According to environmental variables and prediction modeling, the species presents high potential distribution in the Upper Paraná river basin. The model used herein is an efficient tool to determine where non-native species may be able to establish. This approach can be used as a preventive measure, once the control and eradication measures are often ineffective and uneconomical.