To understand how Neotropical freshwater fishes (NFF) benefit society, we conducted a
broad literature survey to (i) map and list the ecosystem services (ES) generated by these …

The reproductive diversity of extant cartilaginous fishes (class Chondrichthyes) is
extraordinarily broad, reflecting more than 400 million years of evolutionary history. Among …

The present work is part of a process to create a Catalogue of the Freshwater Fishes of
Colombia and consisted in the depuration and updating of the taxonomic and geographic …

Mercury is an element with potential risk to fish and those who consume it. Thus, this study
aimed to determine the levels of total mercury (THg), carry out a health risk assessment …

Habitat transitions are key potential explanations for why some lineages have diversified
and others have not—from Anolis lizards to Darwin's finches. The ecological ramifications of …

Abstract The late John Andrew Musick (1941–2021), widely known as Jack Musick, was a
prominent marine scientist of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science who worked chiefly on …

Potamotrygon scobina Garman, 1913, described from Cametá, rio Tocantins, lower Amazon
basin, is taxonomically reviewed through an extensive morphological study of internal and …

The Amazon region has the largest diversity of freshwater stingrays; however, there are still
places where information about this group is scarce. The present work aims to record the …

Species richness in freshwater bony fishes depends on two main processes: the transition
into and the diversification within freshwater habitats. In contrast to bony fishes, only few …

The middle Miocene rocks of the Honda Group (La Victoria and Villavieja formations) in the
Tatacoa Desert, Upper Magdalena River Valley, Colombia, possess one of the best studied …