The S outh A merican continent is composed of several biogeographical regions harbouring
the highest biodiversity on the globe, encompassing five of the world's biodiversity 'hot …

We provide a general compilation of the diversity and geographical distribution of
Amazonian fishes, updated to the end of 2018. Our database includes documented …

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 …

ABSTRACT Biogeography of Amazonian fishes (2,500 species in vastly disjunct lineages) is
complex and has so far been approached only partially. Here, we tackle the problem on the …

Basic information about the taxonomy, biology and distribution of Hyalinobatrachium
glassfrogs of the Guiana Shield (GS) is scarce, ambiguous, and in many cases even …

The Loricariinae belong to the Neotropical mailed catfish family Loricariidae, the most
species-rich catfish family. Among loricariids, members of the Loricariinae are united by a …

The catfish genus Trichomycterus is a recognized taxonomic bottleneck in Neotropical
ichthyology. The hitherto poorly-known diversity of Trichomycterus in the Rio Doce Basin …

Recently published time-calibrated molecular phylogenies have brought to light a large-
scale biotic interchange between the Western and Eastern Amazon basins, associated with …

Abstract Hoplias malabaricus (Bloch, 1794) is a carnivorous fish species widely distributed
from northern to southern South America. This taxon is believed to be a good model for the …

With 149 currently recognized species, Hypostomus is one of the most species-rich catfish
genera in the world, widely distributed over most of the Neotropical region. To clarify the …