Extension of the distribution of Megalechis thoracata (Valenciennes, 1840) (Siluriformes, Callichthyidae) to the basin of the Itapecuru River, northeastern Brazil

By

Lima, Renato Corrêia
Nascimento, Maria Histelle Sousa Do
Birindelli, José Luís Olivan.
Barros, Maria Claudene
Fraga, Elmary Costa

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2017-8-18

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

13

Series / Issue

Issue: 4

Pages

327--330

Subjects

Callichthyinae , Cerrado , Maranhão , palm swamp , stream

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/13.4.327

 

Abstract

The geographic distribution of Megalechis thoracata is extended to the basin of the Itapecuru River, based on a specimen collected in the Soledade stream, a tributary of the Itapecuru, located in the Inhamum Municipal Environmental Protection Area in Maranhão, Brazil.