Check List 20(5): 1259-1265, doi: 10.15560/20.5.1259

First record of Pterygoplichthys ambrosettii (Holmberg, 1893) (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) in the Mucuri river basin, Brazil

Gilberto Nepomuceno Salvador^‡, Gustavo Ribeiro Rosa^§, Renata Guimarães Frederico^‡|, Mara Luiza de Almeida Santos^§, Guilherme Moreira Santos^§

‡ Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil§ Life Pesquisa e Consultoria Ambiental, Belo Horizonte, Brazil| Universidade Federal do Maranhão, Chapadinha, Brazil

Corresponding author: Gilberto Nepomuceno Salvador ( curimata_gilbert@hotmail.com )

Academic editor: Bárbara Borges Calegari

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Citation: Salvador GN, Rosa GR, Frederico RG, Santos MLA, Santos GM (2024) First record of Pterygoplichthys ambrosettii (Holmberg, 1893) (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) in the Mucuri river basin, Brazil. Check List 20(5): 1259-1265. https://doi.org/10.15560/20.5.1259

Abstract

Pterygoplichthys ambrosettii (Holmberg, 1893) is indigenous to the middle/lower Paraná basin and has been intentionally introduced to several continents, including North America, Asia and Europe. In Brazil, the presence of allochthonous P. ambrosettii has been documented in the Upper portion of Paraná River, São Francisco River, and Doce River. This study aims to report the ﬁrst documented occurrence of P. ambrosettii in the Mucuri river basin, located in the municipality of Mucuri, Bahia, Brazil.

Keywords

Aquarium-trade, geographical distribution, Neotropical ﬁshes, range expansion, species introduction