Checklist of the species of the Order Characiformes (Teleostei: Ostariophysi)

M Toledo-Piza, EG Baena, FCP Dagosta… - Neotropical …, 2024‏ - SciELO Brasil
Uma lista de peixes recentes e fósseis da Ordem Characiformes é apresentada e acredita-
se que a lista esteja completa até 2022. Ao todo, 47 colaboradores verificaram e forneceram …

One thousand DNA barcodes of piranhas and pacus reveal geographic structure and unrecognised diversity in the Amazon

VN Machado, RA Collins, RP Ota, MC Andrade… - Scientific reports, 2018‏ - nature.com
Abstract Piranhas and pacus (Characiformes: Serrasalmidae) are a charismatic but
understudied family of Neotropical fishes. Here, we analyse a DNA barcode dataset …

Phylogenomics of piranhas and pacus (Serrasalmidae) uncovers how dietary convergence and parallelism obfuscate traditional morphological taxonomy

MA Kolmann, LC Hughes, LP Hernandez… - Systematic …, 2021‏ - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Amazon and neighboring South American river basins harbor the world's most
diverse assemblages of freshwater fishes. One of the most prominent South American fish …

Phylogenomics of the Neotropical fish family Serrasalmidae with a novel intrafamilial classification (Teleostei: Characiformes)

NTB Mateussi, BF Melo, RP Ota, FF Roxo… - Molecular phylogenetics …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The Neotropical fish family Serrasalmidae comprises 16 extant genera and 101
species widespread through major Neotropical rivers with relevant importance for regional …

A new species of Piaractus (Characiformes: Serrasalmidae) from the Orinoco Basin with a redescription of Piaractus brachypomus

MD Escobar L, RP Ota, A Machado‐Allison… - Journal of Fish …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Piaractus orinoquensis, a new species of serrasalmid fish, is described from the Orinoco
River basin. The new species differs from congeners by having a slenderer body, relatively …

Integrative taxonomy reveals a new species of pacu (Characiformes: Serrasalmidae: Myloplus) from the Brazilian Amazon

RP Ota, VN Machado, MC Andrade, RA Collins… - Neotropical …, 2020‏ - SciELO Brasil
Pacus of the genus Myloplus represent a formidable taxonomic challenge, and particularly
so for the case of M. asterias and M. rubripinnis, two widespread and common species that …

Body shape separates guilds of rheophilic herbivores (Myleinae: Serrasalmidae) better than feeding morphology

JM Huie, AP Summers, MA Kolmann - … of the Academy of Natural Sciences …, 2019‏ - BioOne
Herbivorous fishes feed on stems, leaves, flowers, seeds, fruits, and nuts of diverse aquatic
plants, as well as algae. Pacus are the herbivorous cousins of piranhas and consume a …

A continental-wide molecular approach unraveling mtDNA diversity and geographic distribution of the Neotropical genus Hoplias

YP Cardoso, JJ Rosso, E Mabragaña… - PLoS …, 2018‏ - journals.plos.org
With an estimate of around 9,000 species, the Neotropical region hosts the greatest diversity
of freshwater fishes of the world. Genetic surveys have the potential to unravel isolated and …

Remarkable geographic structuring of rheophilic fishes of the lower Araguaia River

T Hrbek, NV Meliciano, J Zuanon, IP Farias - Frontiers in Genetics, 2018‏ - frontiersin.org
Rapids and waterfalls, and their associated fauna and flora are in peril. With the construction
of each new hydroelectric dam, more rapids and waterfalls are destroyed, leading to the …

Molecular delimitation and taxonomic revision of the wimple piranha Catoprion (Characiformes: Serrasalmidae) with the description of a new species

NT Bonani Mateussi, BF Melo… - Journal of Fish …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
A taxonomic revision of wimple piranhas of the genus Catoprion is performed in combination
with a molecular analysis using mtDNA. Molecular phylogenetic analyses of 49 specimens …