The fishes of the Amazon: distribution and biogeographical patterns, with a comprehensive list of species

FCP Dagosta, M De Pinna - Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural …, 2019 - BioOne
We provide a general compilation of the diversity and geographical distribution of
Amazonian fishes, updated to the end of 2018. Our database includes documented …

[图书][B] Historical biogeography of Neotropical freshwater fishes

JS Albert, R Reis - 2011 - books.google.com
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 …

Plasticity of fish body shape. The effects of diet, development, family and age in two species of Geophagus (Pisces: Cichlidae)

PH Wimberger - Biological Journal of the linnean society, 1992 - academic.oup.com
Fish body shape is affected by the genetic makeup of an individual as well as environmental
influences, such as diet, development, growth rate and nutrition. Fishes in the family …

[PDF][PDF] Family cichlidae

SO Kullander - Check list of the freshwater fishes of South and …, 2003 - svenkullander.se
The geographical distribution includes freshwaters of Africa (900 valid species, estimated
more than 1300 species), the Jordan Valley in the Middle East (four species), Iran (one …

[图书][B] Fishes of the Amazon and their environment: physiological and biochemical aspects

AL Val, VMF de Almeida-Val - 2012 - books.google.com
The Amazon is a giant piece of" amphibian" land which is the result of complex geological
and evolutionary processes. The number of living beings in such a land is difficult to …

Biogeography of Amazonian fishes: deconstructing river basins as biogeographic units

FCP Dagosta, M Pinna - Neotropical Ichthyology, 2017 - SciELO Brasil
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 …

The Neotropical cascudinhos: systematics and biogeography of the Otocinclus catfishes (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)

SA Schaefer - Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of …, 1997 - JSTOR
The genus Otocinclus Cope (1872) of the siluriform family Loricariidae is diagnosed as
monophyletic on the basis of shared derived characters of the cranial and hyobranchial …

Understanding behaviour to improve the welfare of an ornamental fish

ML Brandão, F Dorigão‐Guimarães… - Journal of Fish …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Some common practices in aquaculture, ornamental trade and fish facilities may disturb the
behavioural repertoire of fish and its natural adaptive value, reducing welfare and impairing …

Ecomorphological diversification and convergence in fluvial cichlid fishes

KO Winemiller, LC Kelso-Winemiller… - Ecomorphology of fishes, 1995 - Springer
We compared ecological and morphological patterns among cichlid faunas from three
different biotic regions: the Río Tortuguero/Río Sarapiquí in Costa Rica, the Río Apure …

Testing for ancient adaptive radiations in Neotropical cichlid fishes

H Lopez-Fernandez, JH Arbour, KO Winemiller… - …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Most contemporary studies of adaptive radiation focus on relatively recent and
geographically restricted clades. It is less clear whether diversification of ancient clades …