First records of Cheirodontinae (Actinopterygii: Characiformes: Characidae) from drainages of Espírito Santo state, southeastern Brazil

Recent samples revealed the first occurrences of Serrapinnus heterodon (Eigenmann) in three different sample sites from two drainages in northern Espírito Santo state, Brazil. This is also the first record of the subfamily Cheirodontinae for this State, whose territory is completely inserted in the...

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Published inCheck list (Luís Felipe Toledo) Vol. 12; no. 4; pp. 1926 - 6
Main Authors Ingenito, Leonardo F. S., Gomes, Tatyana, Duboc, Luiz Fernando, Sarmento-Soares, Luisa Maria
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Sofia Pensoft Publishers 2016
Subjects
Atlantic Rainfore
Introduced species
New records
Rainforests
systematics; Neotropical region
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Brazil
Atlantic Forest
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Summary:Recent samples revealed the first occurrences of Serrapinnus heterodon (Eigenmann) in three different sample sites from two drainages in northern Espírito Santo state, Brazil. This is also the first record of the subfamily Cheirodontinae for this State, whose territory is completely inserted in the Atlantic Rainforest ecoregion. The new records of S. heterodon were found with known introduced species and far outside of its usual distribution. This leads us to believe that its presence in the region may be the result of an introduction.
ISSN:1809-127X
1809-127X
DOI:10.15560/12.4.1926