Taxonomic revision of Galeocharax (Characiformes: Characidae: Characinae)

ABSTRACT The taxonomy of Galeocharax, a genus of freshwater fishes distributed in most South American cis-Andean river systems, except the rio Negro, rio São Francisco and rio Xingu basins and the eastern drainages of Brazil, is herein revised. A total of 1229 specimens were examined from which 680...

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Main Authors: Victor Giovannetti, Mônica Toledo-Piza, Naércio A. Menezes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia 2017-03-01
Series:Neotropical Ichthyology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252017000100201&lng=en&tlng=en