New records and distribution extension of Hyphessobrycon itaparicensis Lima & Costa, 2001 (Characiformes: Characidae) in coastal drainages of Sergipe State, northeastern Brazil | Zendy

Marcelo Fulgêncio Guedes de Brito | Zendy; Sergio Maia Queiroz Lima | Zendy; Waldir M. BerbelFilho | Zendy; Rodrigo Augusto Torres | Zendy

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New records and distribution extension of Hyphessobrycon itaparicensis Lima & Costa, 2001 (Characiformes: Characidae) in coastal drainages of Sergipe State, northeastern Brazil

Author(s) -

Marcelo Fulgêncio Guedes de Brito,

Sergio Maia Queiroz Lima,

Waldir M. BerbelFilho,

Rodrigo Augusto Torres

Publication year - 2014

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Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.276

H-Index - 22

ISSN - 1809-127X

DOI - 10.15560/10.5.1156

Subject(s) - characidae , characiformes , ecoregion , hydrography , geography , habitat , ecology , fishery , fish <actinopterygii> , biology , cartography

The present study reports the first record of the small characid fish Hyphessobrycon itaparicensis Lima and Costa, 2001 in two coastal drainages of Sergipe State, Brazil. This species was collected in three sampling sites from Piaui and Sergipe river basins, both in the hydrographic ecoregion of Northeastern Mata Atlantica. Aspects of habitat, diet composition, phenotypic variation, molecular identification and distribution of H. itaparicensis are herein discussed.

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