Check List 7(3): 279-281, doi: 10.15560/7.3.279
Actinopterygii, Siluriformes, Loricariidae, Loricariichthys platymetopon Isbrücker and Nijssen, 1979: first record in Reservoir of Canoas II, Middle Paranapanema River, border of the states of São Paulo and Paraná, Brazil
expand article infoAna Carolina Souto, Ana Paula Vidotto-Magnoni, Heleno Brandão, Igor Paiva Ramos, Edmir Daniel Carvalho

Corresponding author: Ana Souto ( acsouto@ibb.unesp.br )

© 2017 Ana Souto, Ana Vidotto-Magnoni, Heleno Brandão, Igor Ramos, Edmir Carvalho.
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Citation: Souto A, Ramos I, Vidotto-Magnoni A, Brandão H, Carvalho E (2016) Actinopterygii, Siluriformes, Loricariidae, Loricariichthys platymetopon Isbrücker and Nijssen, 1979: first record in Reservoir of Canoas II, Middle Paranapanema River, border of the states of São Paulo and Paraná, Brazil. Check List 7(3): 279-281. https://doi.org/10.15560/7.3.279
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Abstract
First record of the “cascudo”, Loricariichthys platymetopon Isbrücker and Nijssen, 1979 in Canoas II Reservoir (Middle Paranapanema River, border of the states of São Paulo and Paraná, Brazil). Its occurrence is due to the flooding of Sete Quedas waterfall, as a result of the construction of Itaipu Reservoir. Furthermore, there is absence or low abundance of natural predators, like Salminus brasiliensis, since this species has difficulties to adapt or even survive in reservoirs.
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