Check List 8(1): 43-52, doi: 10.15560/8.1.043
Illustrated list of additions to the ichthyofauna of the Caura River, Venezuela
expand article infoNirson González‡, Gabriela Echevarría§, Felix Daza|, Francis Mass
‡ Fundación La Salle de Ciencias Naturales, Estación de Investigaciones Hidrobiológicas de Guayana, Venezuela§ Wildlife Conservation Society, Programa de Conservación de la Cuenca del Río Caura Universidad Nacional Experimental de los Llanos “Ezequiel Zamora”, Venezuela| Wildlife Conservation Society, Programa de Conservación de la Cuenca del Río Caura Brigada Ambientalista del Caura, Venezuela¶ Wildlife Conservation Society, Programa de Conservación de la Cuenca del Río Caura, Venezuela

Corresponding author: Nirson González ( nirson.gonzalez@fundacionlasalle.org.ve )

© 2017 Nirson González, Gabriela Echevarría, Felix Daza, Francis Mass.
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Citation: González N, Daza F, Echevarría G, Mass F (2012) Illustrated list of additions to the ichthyofauna of the Caura River, Venezuela. Check List 8(1): 43-52. https://doi.org/10.15560/8.1.043
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Abstract
Twenty nine species have been added to the annotated checklists of the ichthyofauna of the Caura River Basin, Guiana Shield, Venezuela. Of these, 18 were found in two floodplain lagoons in the lower Caura, corresponding to the orders Characiformes, Clupeiformes, Gymnotiformes, Siluriformes and Perciformes and one species of Tetraodontiformes in the port of Maripa. The others 11 species were found in the upper Caura, representing the orders Characiformes, Gymnotiformes and Siluriformes. Previous ichthyofaunal surveys in the Caura river Basin recorded a total of 514 species, including 150 species for the upper Caura and 492 for the lower Caura. After our recent survey the total number of fish species in the whole drainage basin increased to 543 species, of which 172 and 510 belong to the upper and lower Caura, respectively.
Keywords
ichthyofauna; Venezuela; Caura River