Fish, Machado River basin, Cacoal urban area, state of Rondônia, Brazil

By

Perin, Leane
Shibatta, Oscar Akio
Bernarde, Paulo Sérgio, 1972-

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2007-4-1

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

3

Series / Issue

Issue: 2

Pages

94--97

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/3.2.94

 

Abstract

The Pirarara and Tamarupa rivers are two urban tributaries of the Machado River in Cacoal municipality, state of Rondônia (RO), Brazil. Here we report a list of species of fishes from urban areas of Cacoal, being the first ichthyological study in this region. Field work at Cacoal was carried out from November 2004 until July 2005, using gill nets, casting nets, and long lines. Two hundred and twenty-two specimens were collected, and are distributed in 48 species, 14 families and 4 orders. The most representative order was Characiformes, with seven families and 23 species, followed by Siluriformes, with three families and 20 species.