New records and range extensions to the Costa Rican freshwater fish fauna, with an updated checklist

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5083 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-72
Author(s):  
ARTURO ANGULO
Keyword(s):  
Freshwater Fish ◽  
New Taxa ◽  
Phylogenetic Relationships ◽  
New Records ◽  
Fish Fauna ◽  
Freshwater Fishes ◽  
Costa Rican ◽  
Composition Distribution ◽  
Freshwater Fish Fauna ◽  
Annotated Checklist

The knowledge of the Costa Rican freshwater fish fauna continues to grow given the discovery of new taxa, the recognition of taxa resurrected from synonymy and the corroboration of new country records and new range extensions. Moreover, recent advances in the understanding of the phylogenetic relationships and status of many supraspecific groups have led to numerous taxonomic and nomenclatural changes. Given this, the purpose of this paper is to update the known composition, distribution and clasification of the Costa Rican freshwater fish fauna taking as reference the most recent list for the country published by Angulo et al. (2013). A total of 23 new country records (i.e., species; distributed in 17 families and 21 genera), 33 new range extensions (distributed in 20 families and 30 genera) and several nomenclatural changes are reported, illustrated and discussed here. An updated and annotated checklist of the freshwater fishes of the country (including data for a total of 283 species, 13 of which are exotic, distributed in two classes, 27 orders, 55 families and 136 genera) is also provided.  

scholarly journals Annotated checklist of the freshwater fishes of continental and insular Costa Rica: additions and nomenclatural revisions

Check List ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 987 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arturo Angulo ◽  
Carlos A. Garita-Alvarado ◽  
William A. Bussing ◽  
Myrna I. López
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
Fish Fauna ◽  
Freshwater Fishes ◽  
Costa Rican ◽  
Museum Specimens ◽  
Electronic Database ◽  
Freshwater Fish Fauna ◽  
Distributional Information ◽  
Annotated Checklist ◽  
Tolerance To Salinity

Based on a combination of intensive literature review, electronic database searches, re-identification of museum specimens and fieldwork, we hereby provide an updated checklist of the freshwater fishes of continental and insular Costa Rica. This checklist, systematically arranged at the ordinal and familial level, includes nomenclatural revisions, distributional information, and when appropriate, cross-references on the basis of Bussing (1998). According to our results, the native Costa Rican freshwater fish fauna is composed by 250 species, divided into 119 genera, 49 families and 19 orders; increasing in 108 the number of species originally reported by Bussing (1998). By far, the vast majority of these species, according to their supposed tolerance to salinity, are peripheral (63.2%), followed by secondary freshwater fishes (23.6%); only 13.2% are primary freshwater fishes. 24 species in this checklist appear to be endemic to Costa Rica. In addition to the native fauna 8 exotic species are reported.

scholarly journals The Current Status of Indigenous Freshwater Fishes in Jordan

2012 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-67
Author(s):  
Sayeeda Mir ◽  
Nasht Hamidan
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
Exotic Species ◽  
Freshwater Fish ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
Field Survey ◽  
Fish Fauna ◽  
Freshwater Fishes ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Garra Rufa ◽  
Freshwater Fish Fauna

Considerable changes were revealed in the indigenous freshwater fish fauna during a field survey of six years from 2006 to 2008. Most of them are endangered and one endemic species, Aphanius sirhani, is under the threat of extinction. Four other species, Garra rufa, G. ghorensis, Nemacheilus insignis and  Aphanius dispar richardsoni are also endangered. Misuse of the limited water resources, intensification of agriculture, overexploitation of fishing and the  introduction of exotic species are considered to be major threats to Jordan’s  freshwater fish fauna. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjz.v40i1.12895 Bangladesh J. Zool. 40(1): 59-67, 2012

scholarly journals Annotated checklist of the freshwater fishes of continental and insular Honduras

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2307 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
WILFREDO A. MATAMOROS ◽  
JACOB F. SCHAEFER ◽  
BRIAN R. KREISER
Keyword(s):  
Great Lakes ◽  
Freshwater Fish ◽  
New Records ◽  
Freshwater Fishes ◽  
Fish Diversity ◽  
Museum Collection ◽  
Freshwater Systems ◽  
Remote Areas ◽  
Annotated Checklist

The freshwater fishes of Honduras were surveyed for a period of four years (2005–2008). Surveys were supplemented with both literature and museum collection reviews. Our results show that there are at least 172 species of fishes inhabiting Honduran mainland and insular freshwater systems, 166 native and six exotic. Primary freshwater fish diversity was low, with only eigth species (4.8%). The remaining species were either secondary freshwater (47 species, 28.3%) or peripheral (111 species, 66.9%). This checklist includes 36 new records for Honduras, and 12 range expansions. Nine species were found to be endemic; however, just two of them (Amphilophus hogaboomorum and Theraps wesseli) are already described. The depauperate primary freshwater fishes fauna of Honduras (8) is congruent with low primary freshwater fishes diversity found in the region between the Usumacinta River and the Nicaraguan great lakes. Although many previously unsampled regions of Honduras were visited as part of this project, there are a variety of remote areas that remain unstudied. While this paper contributes much to the understanding of the distribution and diversity of Honduran freshwater fishes, it is likely that much diversity there remains undocumented.

scholarly journals Factors influencing tropical Island freshwater fishes: species, status, threats and conservation in Hainan Island

2018 ◽  
pp. 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen Xiong ◽  
Qiang Wang ◽  
Dong Xie ◽  
David H Fletcher ◽  
Dekui He
Keyword(s):  
Freshwater Fish ◽  
Native Species ◽  
Habitat Degradation ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Fish Fauna ◽  
Hainan Island ◽  
Freshwater Fishes ◽  
Flow Modification ◽  
Fish Biodiversity ◽  
Freshwater Fish Fauna

Hainan Island is located within the Indo-Burma global biodiversity hotspot, however, the freshwater fish fauna on this island is poorly understood. Based on field investigations and literature review, we compiled a list of 154 freshwater fish species (138 native and 16 non-native) belonging to 10 orders, 31 families and 104 genera found on Hainan Island. Of these, 31 species are endemic to China. The native freshwater fish fauna in Hainan Island is affiliated to South China sub-region of the Oriental Region. Current knowledge suggests that overexploitation, water pollution, flow modification, habitat degradation, and non-native species have severely reduced the freshwater fish biodiversity in Hainan Island. To protect freshwater fish biodiversity and fisheries in Hainan Island, some new measures should be adopted and current measures better enforced. This study constitutes an important resource for conservation management of freshwater fishes in Hainan Island.

Distribution, morphological notes and conservation status of the psammophilus Microcambeva catfishes (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4712 (4) ◽  
pp. 576-588
Author(s):  
LUISA M. SARMENTO-SOARES ◽  
TIAGO C. PESSALI ◽  
VINÍCIUS J. C. REIS ◽  
LUCAS S. DE MEDEIROS ◽  
SERGIO M. Q. LIMA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Freshwater Fish ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
New Records ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Fish Fauna ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Brazilian Atlantic Forest ◽  
Freshwater Fish Fauna ◽  
Coastal Basins

Sarcoglanidinae and Glanapteryginae catfishes are among the most unusual elements of the Neotropical freshwater fish fauna. Microcambeva ribeirae, M. barbata and M. draco are miniaturized Sarcoglanidinae known to occur in sandy microhabitats in drainages of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Due to their specific habitats, specimens of Microcambeva are rare in fish collections, and new records are considered noteworthy to warrant report. Recently, specimens of this genus were newly found in the Rio Doce basin in Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo States. Such new records expand the known geographic distribution of Microcambeva. Further records of Microcambeva for Rio Peruípe in south Bahia State are also reported. Comments on the distribution of Microcambeva species along the Atlantic Forest coastal basins and suggestions on its conservation status are also offered. 

scholarly journals Freshwater Fishes and Zoogeography of Pakistan

1975 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-180 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad R. Mirza
Keyword(s):  
South Asia ◽  
Freshwater Fish ◽  
South Asian ◽  
Fish Fauna ◽  
Freshwater Fishes ◽  
Transitional Region ◽  
Division Iii ◽  
Oriental Region ◽  
Freshwater Fish Fauna ◽  
High Asia

The freshwater fish fauna of Pakistan is briefly discussed. It is predominantly South Asian but High Asian and West Asian elements are also present. The African element is hardly perceptible. Five zoogeographical divisions of Pakistan are proposed on the basis of the composition of their fish fauna: (I) the High Asian Division; (II) the Aba-Sinh Division; (III) the Northwestern Montane Division; (IV) the Indus plain and adjoining hills Division; and (V) the Northwestern Baluchistan Division. South Asia and High Asia are recognized as two subregions within the Oriental Region, while West Asia is treated as a transitional region.

Annotated checklist of freshwater fishes from Brunei Darussalam, Borneo

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4379 (1) ◽  
pp. 24 ◽  
Author(s):  
ZOHRAH SULAIMAN ◽  
TAN HEOK HUI ◽  
KELVIN KOK PENG LIM
Keyword(s):  
Freshwater Fish ◽  
Introduced Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
Freshwater Fishes ◽  
Fish Diversity ◽  
Brackish Waters ◽  
Brunei Darussalam ◽  
The Family ◽  
Annotated Checklist

The freshwater fish diversity of Brunei Darussalam is reviewed. At present, a total of 104 species of freshwater fishes from 59 genera, 24 families and 10 orders is recorded. Eight species including one introduced species and two from brackish waters present new records for Brunei. The family Cyprinidae has the highest diversity with 40 species. Forty-six species are believed to be endemic to Borneo including six species known only from Brunei Darussalam namely Barbodes xouthos, Rasbora tubbi, Gastromyzon cranbrookii, Gastromyzon venustus, Neogastromyzon brunei and Ompok platyrhynchus and three are exotics. 

The Diversity of Freshwater Fishes in Haya, Mamberamo-Papua

2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Robi Binur ◽  
Henny L. Ohee
Keyword(s):  
Freshwater Fish ◽  
Conservation Planning ◽  
New Record ◽  
Fish Fauna ◽  
Freshwater Fishes ◽  
North Coast ◽  
Monopterus Albus ◽  
The North ◽  
Freshwater Fish Fauna

This research aims improved data of the species and abudance freshwater fish for conservation planning Mamberamo region.  The survey was lasted 18 days from 5 February to 24 April 2008 in several habitat consists river, creeks, oxbowlake and stream. A total at least 20 species in 17 genera and 14 families were collected were captured using gillnet, castnet, handnet, longline and poisson plant from Deris sp. Two species new record for Mamberamo that is Chilaterina lorentzi was previously know only from Tawarin river on the north coast Papua about 200 km west Jayapura and Puive creek, tributary of the Pual River near Vanimo, PNG and Monopterus albus (intoduction fish) was not previously know in Mamberamo although Papua. The generally freshwater fish fauna were collected in Haya about 70 % similar to record from Dabra.

scholarly journals On the origin and diversification of Venezuelan freshwater fishes: the genus Gephyrocharax (Ostariophysi: Characidae) a case study

2013 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 487-496 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Bonilla-Rivero ◽  
Héctor López-Rojas
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Variability ◽  
Freshwater Fish ◽  
Fish Fauna ◽  
Freshwater Fishes ◽  
Geographic Range ◽  
Phylogeographic Analysis ◽  
Enzyme Systems ◽  
External Group ◽  
Freshwater Fish Fauna

We conducted a phylogeographic analysis of the genus Gephyrocharaxin Venezuela to evaluate geomorphologic evidence for the formation of the country's main watersheds and to establish a biogeographical hypothesis of possible diversification mechanisms of the Neotropical freshwater fish fauna. We assayed eight enzyme systems and general proteins to estimate genetic variability (H, P), intraspecific structuring in several Gephyrocharax valencia and G. venezuelae populations (FIS, FIT, and FST), and a phylogenetic approach for the three species of Gephyrocharax in Venezuela, using Corynopoma riisei as the external group. Fourteen presumptive lociindicate that populations of the three species of Gephyrocharaxanalyzed show a clear genetic inter-specific differentiation, determined by four loci with fixed alleles (GPI-B*,IDH*, ME-1*, and ME-2*). The resulting cladogram shows two major clades: a monophyletic group consisting of Gephyrocharax n. sp. and G. venezuelae(restricted to the northwest of the country) and a group formed exclusively by G. valencia (distributed along the largest geographic range). Speciation of the Venezuelan lineages of the genus Gephyrocharaxcould be explained by the origin and course movements of the present Orinoco River together with geomorphologic processes that have occurred in northern Venezuela since the Miocene.

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