First records of Cheirodontinae (Actinopterygii: Characiformes: Characidae) from drainages of Espírito Santo state, southeastern Brazil

By

Ingenito, Leonardo F. S.
Gomes, Tatyana
Duboc, Luiz Fernando
Sarmento-Soares, Luisa Maria

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2016-7-15

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

12

Series / Issue

Issue: 4

Pages

1926--6

Subjects

Atlantic rainforest , freshwater fish , Neotropical region , systematics

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/12.4.1926

 

Abstract

Recent samples revealed the first occurrences of Serrapinnus heterodon (Eigenmann) in three different sample sites from two drainages in northern Espírito Santo state, Brazil. This is also the first record of the subfamily Cheirodontinae for this State, whose territory is completely inserted in the Atlantic Rainforest ecoregion. The new records of S. heterodon were found with known introduced species and far outside of its usual distribution. This leads us to believe that its presence in the region may be the result of an introduction.