Neotropical freshwater fishes (NFFs) constitute the most diverse continental vertebrate fauna
on Earth, with more than 6,200 named species compressed into an aquatic footprint< 0.5 …

The Neotropics harbour the greatest diversity of freshwater fish on Earth. Despite recent
advances in characterizing the fish fauna, the total number of species, distributional range …

The genus Schizodon is part of a group of headstanders and relatives (Family Anostomidae)
that are widespread and ecologically important fishes in South American rivers. Schizodon …

Past sea level changes and geological instability along watershed boundaries have largely
influenced fish distribution across coastal basins, either by dispersal via palaeodrainages …

Only one species of armored catfish, Ancistrus cirrhosus Valenciennes 1836, has been
historically described in the basin of the Paraná River, from Misiones (Argentina). However …

The current distribution of freshwater fishes across multiple basins along Eastern Brazil can
be associated to two main events: river captures or temporary paleoconnections. Apparently …

Threadfin breams and relatives of the family Nemipteridae comprise 69 currently recognized
species in five genera. They are found in the tropical and subtropical Indo‐West Pacific and …

The family Sciaenidae, known as croakers or drums, is one of the largest perciform fish
families. A recent multi-gene based study investigating the phylogeny and biogeography of …

DNA barcoding is a powerful tool to identify species using nucleotide differences found in
the cytochrome oxidase I mitochondrial gene between species. Since it was proposed …

Brycon is an important group of Neotropical fish and the principal genus of the family
Bryconidae, with 44 valid species that are found in some Central American rivers and …