The upper rio Paraná basin drains the most developed and environmentally degraded
region in South America: the Brazilian southeast. While it is one of the most well-known …

An annotated checklist for the freshwater fishes from Paraná State, Brazil is provided. A total
of 440 freshwater fish species are recorded for the state, distributed across five ecoregions …

The current capacity of environmental DNA (eDNA) to provide accurate insights into the
biodiversity of megadiverse regions (eg, the Neotropics) requires further evaluation to …

Functional diversity metrics have been suggested as important indicators of ecosystem
functioning. We investigated the effects of land use mediated by local environmental …

In this study, we made an inventory of the stream and headwater ichthyofauna of the left
bank of the Itaipu Dam Reservoir, located in the lower part of the Upper Paraná River basin …

The fish fauna of eight streams with different land uses of their watersheds (forested and
rural areas) in the lower Iguaçu River basin was inventoried, in order to evaluate the …

The endangered species 'Chasmocranus' brachynema is redescribed and diagnosed
among other Heptapterini by having the adipose fin extensively fused with the caudal fin …

The objectives of this study were to compare four risk assessment protocols for non-native
species in neotropical regions and to assess the potential application of these tools for the …

Knowledge of the fish species in river basins is among the minimum requirements for the
management of water and fish resources. Therefore, the aim of this study was to update the …

The rio Ribeira de Iguape basin (Paraná State) is highly relevant for the preservation of
remnants of the Atlantic Forest. Its high levels of diversity and fish endemism explain the …