Check List 8(6): 1158-1162, doi: 10.15560/8.6.1158
Fishes from first order streams of lower Paranapanema and Ivaí rivers, upper Paraná River basin, Paraná, Brazil
expand article infoVivian de Mello Cionek‡, Patricia Almeida Sacramento‡, Naiara Zanatta‡, Rafaela Priscila Ota§, Daiany de Fatima Corbetta‡, Evanilde Benedito‡
‡ Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Brazil§ Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Brazil

Corresponding author: Vivian Cionek ( viviancionek@gmail.com )

© 2018 Vivian Cionek, Patricia Sacramento, Naiara Zanatta, Rafaela Ota, Daiany Corbetta, Evanilde Benedito.
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Citation: Cionek V, Corbetta D, Sacramento P, Ota R, Zanatta N, Benedito E (2012) Fishes from first order streams of lower Paranapanema and Ivaí rivers, upper Paraná River basin, Paraná, Brazil. Check List 8(6): 1158-1162. https://doi.org/10.15560/8.6.1158
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Abstract
This study was developed as a research of first order streams fish assemblages located in two Conservation Units in Northwestern Paraná, Brazil, with the purpose of providing information about ichthyofauna composition of these water bodies while they are still under protection. There were captured 2,557 individuals belonging to six orders, nine families and 10 species in three streams. The most abundant species were Phalloceros harpagos (44%) from Conceição stream, Astyanax aff. paranae (14%) and P. harpagos (12%) from Jurema stream, and Melanorivulus apiamici (9%) from Conceição stream. Trichomycterus sp. could not be identified into a specific level, meaning it can represent an undescribed species to science, registered for the first time at the upper Paraná River basin.