[HTML][HTML] Accelerated body size evolution in upland environments is correlated with recent speciation in South American freshwater fishes

FO Cerezer, CS Dambros, MTP Coelho… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Speciation rates vary greatly among taxa and regions and are shaped by both biotic and
abiotic factors. However, the relative importance and interactions of these factors are not …

Phylogeny and historical biogeography of neotropical catfishes Trichomycterus (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from eastern Brazil

PJ Vilardo, AM Katz, W Costa - Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 2023 - Elsevier
The catfish subfamily Trichomycterinae is widely distributed in South America inhabiting
several habitats, but specially mountain streams. Trichomycterus is the most speciose …

[HTML][HTML] How many species of Sturisoma (Siluriformes: Loricariinae) inhabit the La Plata Basin?

Y Cardoso, S Bogan, F Agnolin, FDEF PETEAN - Zootaxa, 2023 - mapress.com
The aim of the present contribution is to review the taxonomy of the loricariid Sturisoma in
the La Plata basin. The original description of the species S. barbatum is analyzed and …

An integrative approach method reveals the presence of a previously unreported species of Imparfinis Eigenmann and Norris 1900 (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) in …

G Aguilera, GE Terán, JM Mirande… - Journal of Fish …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Specimens of Imparfinis were recently collected in north‐western Argentina from the
Bermejo River basin (Salta and Jujuy Provinces), del Valle River (Salta Province) and …

Biogeographic reconstruction of the migratory Neotropical fish family Prochilodontidae (Teleostei: Characiformes)

BW Frable, BF Melo, JP Fontenelle, C Oliveira… - Zoologica …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Geographically, widespread Neotropical fish lineages offer opportunities to reconstruct
historical biogeography patterns and infer processes leading to modern ichthyological …

A taxonomically complex catfish group from an underrepresented geographic area: Systematics and species limits in Hypostomus LacÚpŔde, 1803 (Siluriformes …

MS Anjos, L Jardim de Queiroz… - Journal of Zoological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Hypostomus LacÚpŔde, 1803, is a species‐rich and widespread fish genus from
the Neotropical region, but its evolutionary history and systematics remain largely unclear. In …

DNA barcoding reveals an unexpected distribution of two Megaleporinus species in the La Plata Basin system

FP Coronel, G Loretán, S Sanchez, N Silva… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2025 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Megaleporinus obtusidens, also known as" boga," is a freshwater teleost fish
species widely distributed across South America with significant commercial value in …

Species delimitation and historical biogeography of Sturisoma Swainson, 1838 (Loricariidae: Loricariinae): Hidden diversity along the Amazon River

A Londoño-Burbano, MR Britto - Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 2025 - Elsevier
In the present study, we used DNA sequences from three mitochondrial (COI, Cytb, and nd2)
and one nuclear (RAG2) marker, to perform species delimitation analyses (ABGD, GMYC …

[HTML][HTML]  Molecular and morphological evidence revalidates Acrobrycontarijae (Characiformes, Characidae) and shows hidden diversity

YF Briñoccoli, S Bogan, D Arcila, JJ Rosso… - ZooKeys, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
 Abstract We conducted a revision of the Neotropical genus Acrobrycon. A previous study
synonymized the species, A. ipanquianus, distributed from the western portion of the …

The timing of large drainage rearrangement in South America: A study based on morphological and ecological evidence

FAS Cassemiro, AAR Salgado, RW Paixão… - Geomorphology, 2025 - Elsevier
This study aims to characterize and determine the timing of a major drainage rearrangement
between two vast river basins, each exceeding 600,000 km 2: the Paraná and São …