Check List 2(1): 1-4, doi: 10.15560/2.1.1
Fish, Salto Osório Reservoir, Iguaçu River basin, Paraná State, Brazil
Dirceu Baumgartner‡, Gilmar Baumgartner‡, Carla Simone Pavanelli§, Pedro Rogério Leandro da Silva|, Vitor André Frana|, Luciano Caetano de Oliveira|, Márcio Roberto Michelon|‡ Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná, Brazil§ Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Brazil| Fundação Universitária de Toledo, Brazil
Corresponding author: Dirceu Baumgartner ( dbaum@unioeste.br ) © 2017 Dirceu Baumgartner, Gilmar Baumgartner, Carla Pavanelli, Pedro Silva, Vitor Frana, Luciano Oliveira, Márcio Michelon. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Citation:
Baumgartner G, Baumgartner D, Oliveira L, Pavanelli C, Frana V, Silva P, Michelon M (2006) Fish, Salto Osório Reservoir, Iguaçu River basin, Paraná State, Brazil. Check List 2(1): 1-4. https://doi.org/10.15560/2.1.1 |  |
Abstract
The Iguaçu River is a large tributary of the Paraná River, with a highly endemic ichthyofauna due to the geographic isolation imposed by the Iguaçu falls, located near its mouth. Fish were collected monthly in four sampling stations along the Salto Osório Reservoir, from July 2003 to June 2005, using gill nets, casting nets, and long lines. Considering the entire period, 41 fish species were colleted, which belong to six Orders, 17 Families, and 27 Genera. From these, 24 species are considered endemic. Comparisons with other surveys conducted in the Iguaçu River are provided, in addition to comments on the fish endemism, even within the basin.
Keywords
Ichthyofauna