Check List 10(4): 927-935, doi: 10.15560/10.4.927
Fish composition (Teleostei) of the estuarine region of the Macaé River, southeastern Brazil
Paula Araujo Catelani‡, Ana Cristina Petry‡, Fabio Di Dario‡, Vagner Leonardo Macedo dos Santos‡, Michael Maia Mincarone‡‡ Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Corresponding author: Paula Catelani ( ktelani@gmail.com ) © 2017 Paula Catelani, Ana Petry, Fabio Di Dario, Vagner Macedo dos Santos, Michael Mincarone. 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:
Catelani P, Macedo dos Santos V, Petry A, Di Dario F, Mincarone M (2014) Fish composition (Teleostei) of the estuarine region of the Macaé River, southeastern Brazil. Check List 10(4): 927-935. https://doi.org/10.15560/10.4.927 |  |
Abstract
The first checklist of fishes of the estuary of the Macaé River (Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil) and its adjacent freshwater section is presented. A total of 24,157 specimens belonging to 110 species in 44 families and 21 orders of the Teleostei were collected based on quarterly samplings, between June 2011 and March 2012. The Sciaenidae was the most representative family in species number, whereas the Ariidae, Pristigasteridae, and the invasive Clariidae predominated numerically and/or in terms of biomass. One hundred fifty-seven species of the Teleostei are now recorded in the Macaé River, including 68 species previously reported from its upper and middle portions. More than 100 of them permanently or temporarily inhabit the lower 16 km of the river, suggesting that the estuary is relevant to the maintenance of the fish diversity of the region in spite of several human activities that have significantly altered its natural features.
Keywords
Pisces