Landscape dynamics are widely thought to govern the tempo and mode of continental
radiations, yet the effects of river network rearrangements on dispersal and lineage …

The Tocantins-Araguaia River basin is the largest basin located entirely in the Brazilian
territory. The high degree of endemism of its ichthyofauna has been revealed in several …

Abstract Neotropical Ichthyology promotes the Special Issue (SI)“Human impacts and the
loss of Neotropical freshwater fish diversity” with the purpose of publishing relevant scientific …

Killifishes (Cyprinodontiformes) are a group of fish that include a high proportion of small-
bodied species living in seasonal aquatic habitats, with narrow geographical distributions …

Inventorying biodiversity is fundamental to overcoming knowledge shortfalls in species
discovery and description (Linnean shortfall), their distributions (Wallacean shortfall) and …

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 …

We describe Argolebias adrianae, a new species of killifish from a small temporary wetland
in the Paraná Forest ecoregion with no regular or predictable temporal pattern of water …

The tropics harbour the highest species number on Earth, making them critical hotspots of
biodiversity. However, there is an increased extinction risk towards the tropics, aka the …

The environmental impacts caused by fish farming can lead to changes in aquatic
ecosystems, especially in fish communities. In this study, we investigated possible changes …

Hypostomus is the most species-rich genus within the family Loricariidae and is widely
distributed throughout the Neotropical region. Nonetheless, the diversity and distribution of …