The Amazon and Orinoco basins in northern South America are home to the highest
concentration of freshwater fish species on earth, with more than 3,000 species allotted to …

The Neotropics contain one of the most diverse assemblages of freshwater fishes
worldwide. Part of this diversity is shared between the Orinoco and Amazon basins. These …

Species of Fluviphylax are widely distributed over the Amazon and Orinoco river drainages
and are among the smallest fish in the neotropics, inhabiting areas near the margin of slow …

Background Management and conservation of biodiversity requires adequate species
inventories. The Yasuní National Park is one of the most diverse regions on Earth and recent …

The rapids-dwelling suckermouth catfish genus Pseudolithoxus was previously only known
from the Guiana-Shield-draining Orinoco and Casiquiare river systems of Colombia and …

The discovery and characterization of cryptic diversity is important for conservation and
management, especially for ichthyofauna, whose diversity is underestimated and …

The genetic information contained in structural genes, gene regulatory regions, and
noncoding DNA is what makes living beings similar and also what differentiates all the …

A produção de alimentos no mundo é hoje um desafio a ser alcançado face ao crescimento
populacional, mudanças climáticas e cada vez menos recursos naturais disponíveis. A …

South American rivers contain the most diverse, but also one of the more poorly known,
freshwater fish faunas of the world. While significant progress is being made on …

The Neotropics contain one of the most diverse assemblages of freshwater fishes
worldwide. Part of this diversity is shared between the Orinoco and Amazon basins. These …