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 …

The fish faunas of continental South and Central America constitute one of the greatest
concentrations of aquatic diversity on Earth, consisting of about 10 percent of all living …

Evolution creates and sustains biodiversity via adaptive changes in ecologically relevant
traits. Ecologically mediated selection contributes to genetic divergence both in the …

Abstract Background The megadiverse Neotropical freshwater ichthyofauna is the richest in
the world with approximately 6,000 recognized species. Interestingly, they are distributed …

Numerous collecting expeditions of Theobroma cacao L. germplasm have been undertaken
in Latin-America. However, most of this germplasm has not contributed to cacao …

True river dolphins are some of the rarest and most endangered of all vertebrates. They
comprise relict evolutionary lineages of high taxonomic distinctness and conservation value …

A new genus of Anostomidae (Characiformes) is described to include ten valid extant
species previously classified in Leporinus or Hypomasticus and distributed throughout most …

Abstract Piranhas and pacus (Characiformes: Serrasalmidae) are a charismatic but
understudied family of Neotropical fishes. Here, we analyse a DNA barcode dataset …

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 …

Background and aims: Considering the promising use of DNA barcoding for species
identification, the importance of the freshwater fish fauna of the Paraíba do Sul River Basin …