ABSTRACT
The Northern Pará Drainage System encompasses the left-bank tributaries of the Amazonas River in the southern Guiana Shield region of Pará state, Brazil. Five of the region’s state protected areas are considered strategic for the conservation of its biodiversity. In the present study, we assessed the ichthyofauna of the five state protected areas of the Northern Pará Drainage System. Seven expeditions were conducted between January 2008 and January 2009, which surveyed stretches of the Cuminá, Cuminapanema, Curuá, Jari, Mapuera, Nhamundá, and Paru rivers. These surveys yielded 286 species belonging to 38 families and eight orders, including seven new records of fish species for Brazil, six of which are also new records for the Amazon basin. Our results provide a valuable database for future research and conservation programs in the protected areas of the region.
Keywords: Northern Pará Drainage System; protected areas; Amazon; inventory; fish
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Figure 5 Examples of the fish species collected in the southern Guiana Shield tributaries of the Amazonas River, in the five state protected areas of the Northern Pará Drainage System, in northern Brazil. (A) Astyanax anterior, MPEG 18207, 81.6 mm SL. (B) Hyphessobrycon cf. agulha, MPEG 18181, 25.8 mm SL; (C) Hyphessobrycon georgettae, MPEG 34100, 19.0 mm SL; (D) Jupiaba abramoides, MPEG 18204, 70.8 mm SL; (E) Jupiaba atypindi, MPEG 17244, 39.8 mm SL; (F) Jupiaba potaroensis, MPEG 18159, 20.9 mm SL; (G) Moenkhausia chrysargyrea, MPEG 18204, 61.8 mm SL; (H) Phenacogaster simulata, MPEG 15597, 22.8 mm SL; (I) Bryconops aff. affinis, MPEG 18149, 22.3 mm SL; (J) Bryconops cf. colaroja, MPEG 17232, 94.5 mm SL; (K) Corydoras sp., MPEG 19162, 22.2 mm SL; (L) Corydoras baderi, MPEG 18238, 26.9 mm SL; (M) Corydoras guianensis, MPEG 15715, 25.8 mm SL. This figure is in color in the electronic version