Check List 11(4): e19295, doi: 10.15560/11.4.1696
Ichthyofauna from the Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órgãos and its surrounding areas, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil
Geysa da Silva Camilo‡, Bianca de F. Terra§, Francisco Gerson de Araújo‡‡ Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil§ Universidade Federal do Ceará, Brazil
Corresponding author: Bianca Terra ( biancafterra@yahoo.com.br ) © 2017 Geysa da Silva Camilo, Bianca Terra, Francisco de Araújo. 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:
Terra B, da Silva Camilo G, de Araújo F (2015) Ichthyofauna from the Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órgãos and its surrounding areas, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. Check List 11(4): 1696. https://doi.org/10.15560/11.4.1696 |  |
Abstract
This study provides a list of freshwater fishes of the Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órgãos (PARNASO; Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil) and its surrounding areas. Fish samplings were performed by electrofishing during the dry season (2010 –2011) in three different areas: 1, inside of the PARNASO (2 sites); 2, in the buffer zone (4 sites); and 3, in adjacent areas (8 sites). A total of 47 fish species in 13 families and six orders were recorded. Fish composition within the limits of the PARNASO differed from that recorded in the adjacent area, with the latter having comparatively higher species richness. The buffer area had intermediate ichthyofauna composition between the two other areas. This study enhanced knowledge on the composition and structure of the fish assemblages in PARNASO, by recording the occurrence of six new species within the park that were not included in the Management Plan of this Conservation Unit.
Keywords
fish; Serra do Mar; Atlantic Forest streams; conservation unit