In the Amazon, the world's largest river basin, migrations within freshwater habitats are one
of the predominant life history strategies for fishes. The flood pulse and the extensive river …

Understanding why some clades diversify greatly while others do not is a major goal of
evolutionary biology. Both abiotic and biotic factors are important in driving unequal …

ABSTRACT A new species of the curimatid genus Cyphocharax is described from the Rio
Xingu, Amazon basin. This species is readily distinguished from congeners by the presence …

New genetic and morphological data support the recognition of a distinct monophyletic
group, the Cyphocharax saladensis clade, which includes C. vanderi, C. saladensis, C …

Geographically, widespread Neotropical fish lineages offer opportunities to reconstruct
historical biogeography patterns and infer processes leading to modern ichthyological …

Anablepsoides is a widely distributed Neotropical killifish genus found in shallow streams, in
both dense forests and open areas, throughout northern and northeastern South America …

Phylogenetic analyses of mitochondrial and nuclear data of 31 specimens of Cyphocharax
from trans‐Andean rivers support the presence of one lineage of Cyphocharax aspilos in …

Tarumania walkerae is a rare fossorial freshwater fish species from the lower Rio Negro,
Central Amazonia, composing the monotypic and recently described family Tarumaniidae …

The family Cynodontidae is composed of freshwater fishes inhabiting drainages east of the
Andes in South America. Its fossil record is mostly represented by isolated teeth that are …

Why do some clades diversify more than others? And what are the roles of abiotic and biotic
factors in driving such unequal diversification? To explore this, investigate variation in body …