Fish fauna from Río Pilcomayo National Park and Ramsar Site and its surroundings, Formosa, Argentina

The first list of fish species from the Río Pilcomayo National Park and Ramsar Site (RPNP), located in the WetChaco plains of Northern Argentina is presented here. Samplings were carried out bimonthly from December 2006 to January 2008 in sites representative of the different landscapes, in both dry...

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Autores: Brancolini, Florencia, Minotti, Priscilla Gail, Protogino, Lucila Cristina, López, Hugo, Colautti, Dario César, Baigún, Claudio Rafael M.
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2014
País:Argentina
Recursos:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositório:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglês
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/16262
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/16262
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:biodiversidad
peces
Formosa
Argentina
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Resumo:The first list of fish species from the Río Pilcomayo National Park and Ramsar Site (RPNP), located in the WetChaco plains of Northern Argentina is presented here. Samplings were carried out bimonthly from December 2006 to January 2008 in sites representative of the different landscapes, in both dry and wet seasons. A total of 77 species were collected, belonging to 23 families and eight orders and covering 54% of the province ichthyofauna. New records to the Province of Formosa are Brachyhypopomus gauderio Giora & Malabarba, 2009; Cyanocharax sp. and Hypophthalmus edentatus Spix & Agassiz, 1829.