Check List 13(6): 1091-1095, doi: 10.15560/13.6.1091
First record of the family Parodontidae (Characiformes) from the Paraíba do Sul river basin, southeastern Brazil
Fernando L. K. Salgado‡, Bianca de F. Terra§, Geysa da S. Camilo|, F. Gerson Araújo|‡ Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Seropédica, Brazil§ Universidade Estadual Vale do Acaraú, Sobral, Brazil| Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Corresponding author: F. Gerson Araújo ( gersonufrrj@gmail.com ) Academic editor: Gabriela Echevarría © 2017 Fernando L. K. Salgado, Bianca de F. Terra, Geysa da S. Camilo, F. Gerson 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:
Salgado FLK, Terra BF, Camilo GS, Araújo FG (2017) First record of the family Parodontidae (Characiformes) from the Paraíba do Sul river basin, southeastern Brazil. Check List 13(6): 1091-1095. https://doi.org/10.15560/13.6.1091 |  |
Abstract
The first records of 2 species of Parodontidae (Apareiodon piracicabae and A. itapicuruensis) are reported in the Paraíba do Sul river basin. In total, 101 individuals of A. piracicabae and 3 individuals of A. itapicuruensis were collected in the Paraíba do Sul middle reaches. A description and diagnosis of both species based on morpho-meristic characters were provided. These fishes have been used as forage for larger fish species as well as bait for sport fishing, which may have facilitated their introduction in the Paraíba do Sul River from fish culture farms in the region.
Keywords
Apareiodon; geographic distribution; occurrence; Paraíba do Sul River