Fish fauna from the Ajó river in Campos del Tuyú National Park, province of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Agustín Solari; Mirta García; Andrés Jaureguizar

doi:10.15560/5.4.807

Check List 5(4): 807-811, doi: 10.15560/5.4.807

Fish fauna from the Ajó river in Campos del Tuyú National Park, province of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Agustín Solari, Mirta L. García, Andrés J. Jaureguizar

Corresponding author: Agustín Solari ( asolari@fcnym.unlp.edu.ar )

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Citation: Solari A, García M, Jaureguizar A (2009) Fish fauna from the Ajó river in Campos del Tuyú National Park, province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Check List 5(4): 807-811. https://doi.org/10.15560/5.4.807

Abstract

We provide the first list of the ichthyofauna from the Ajó river, a water course situated at the southward border of the Samborombón bay (36°20'12"’ S, 56°54'17" W), a RAMSAR site in Argentina. These results were obtained bi-monthly along two years. Forty-five species belonging to 26 families and 11 orders were identified. This fish fauna is composed by freshwater, euryhaline and marine species. Richest groups were Perciformes and Characiformes, with 10 species each. A single species, Micropogonias furnieri (whitemouth croaker), represented morethan 70 % of the captured specimens, being juvenile individuals only. Remaining species were also represented by juvenile specimens, confirming the importance of this environment as nursery area, particularly for the whitemouth croaker.

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