Comentários sobre a distribuição geográfica de Astyanax altiparanae Garutti & Britski, 2000 (Osteichthyes, Characidae) na bacia do rio Iguaçu

Weferson Júnio da Graça; Carla Simone Pavanelli

doi:10.4025/actascibiolsci.v24i0.2319

Astyanax altiparanae Garutti & Britski, 2000 (Osteichthyes, Characidae) in the Iguaçu River basin

Weferson Júnio da Graça UEM
Carla Simone Pavanelli UEM

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4025/actascibiolsci.v24i0.2319

Abstract

Garutti (1995) made a revision of some Astyanax (Osteichthyes, Characidae) species and the species called tambiú from the upper Paraná River basin, formerly identified as Astyanax bimaculatus, was considered new. Garutti & Britski (2000) later described it as Astyanax altiparanae (Pisces, Characiformes). However, they did not analyze specimens from the Iguaçu River basin at that time. The Iguaçu River, affluent to the Paraná River, has a high degree of endemism in its ichthyofauna because of the geographic isolation caused by the falls near its mouth. Thus, there were still many doubts regarding the specific status of the population from the Iguaçu River basin, also called A. bimaculatus before Garutti’s studies. To verify if the population from the Iguaçu River belongs to the A. altiparanae species, we compared specimens from both basins and concluded that they belong to the same species, widening their geographic distribution.

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Author Biography

Carla Simone Pavanelli, UEM

Possui graduação em Ciências Biológicas pela Universidade Estadual de Maringá (1987), especialização em Ecologia de Ambientes Aquáticos Continentais pela Universidade Estadual de Maringá (1990), mestrado em Ecologia pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (1994), doutorado em Ecologia e Recursos Naturais pela Universidade Federal de São Carlos (1999) e pós-doutorado em Sistemática na Smithsonian Institution (2006). Há 20 anos é bióloga da Universidade Estadual de Maringá e curadora da Coleção Ictiológica do Nupélia. Tem experiência na área de Zoologia, com ênfase em Taxonomia e Sistemática, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: ictiologia, sistemática, bacia do Prata, levantamento e ecologia de peixes de água doce Currículo Lattes

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Published

2008-05-13

How to Cite

Graça, W. J. da, & Pavanelli, C. S. (2008). Astyanax altiparanae Garutti & Britski, 2000 (Osteichthyes, Characidae) in the Iguaçu River basin. Acta Scientiarum. Biological Sciences, 24, 451-453. https://doi.org/10.4025/actascibiolsci.v24i0.2319

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Vol 24 (2002)

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Biology Sciences

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