Publicação: Fishes from the Tusubres River basin, Pacific coast, Costa Rica: Checklist, identification key and photographic album
dc.contributor.author | Angulo, Arturo [UNESP] | |
dc.contributor.author | Molina-Arias, Alex | |
dc.contributor.author | Murase, Atsunobu | |
dc.contributor.author | Miyazaki, Yusuke | |
dc.contributor.author | Bussing, William | |
dc.contributor.author | López, Myrna | |
dc.contributor.institution | Museo de Zoología, Universidad de Costa Rica | |
dc.contributor.institution | Centro de Investigación en Ciencias del Mar y Limnologia (CIMAR), Universidad de Costa Rica | |
dc.contributor.institution | Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) | |
dc.contributor.institution | Centro de Servicio de Gestión Ambiental, NIC, Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad | |
dc.contributor.institution | Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Natural History | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-04-28T19:01:07Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-04-28T19:01:07Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015-01-01 | |
dc.description.abstract | A checklist of the fishes of the Tusubres River basin, Pacific coast of Costa Rica, compiled from field and museum surveys is herein presented. A total of 54 species, representing 47 genera and 27 families, were recorded. Peripheral species were dominant (64.8%), followed by secondary freshwater fishes (20.4%); primary freshwater fishes accounted only for 14.8% of the total fish diversity. Eleotridae (6 spp.), Gobiidae (6 spp.), Poeciliidae (5 spp.) and Characidae (4 spp.) were the most diverse. Two species (Caranx sexfasciatus, Carangidae; and Opisthonema libertate, Clupeidae) were new records for Costa Rican freshwaters, and two species (Gymnotus maculosus, Gymnotidae; and Lebiasina boruca, Lebiasinidae) was found to have expanded ranges. An identification key and a complete photographic album of all fish species recorded in the basin are presented. The results of this investigation provide a framework for future studies on biogeography, ecology and conservation on fishes from this area. | en |
dc.description.affiliation | Museo de Zoología, Universidad de Costa Rica | |
dc.description.affiliation | Centro de Investigación en Ciencias del Mar y Limnologia (CIMAR), Universidad de Costa Rica | |
dc.description.affiliation | Laboratório de Ictiologia, Departamento de Zoologia e Botânica, Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”, Rua Cristóvão Colombo, 2265 | |
dc.description.affiliation | Centro de Servicio de Gestión Ambiental, NIC, Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad | |
dc.description.affiliation | Department of Marine Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of Miyazaki, 1-1 Gakuen-Kibanadai- Nishi | |
dc.description.affiliation | Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Natural History, 499 Iryuda | |
dc.description.affiliationUnesp | Laboratório de Ictiologia, Departamento de Zoologia e Botânica, Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”, Rua Cristóvão Colombo, 2265 | |
dc.identifier | http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/11.3.1666 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Check List, v. 11, n. 3, 2015. | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.15560/11.3.1666 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1809-127X | |
dc.identifier.scopus | 2-s2.0-84930640477 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11449/220378 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Check List | |
dc.source | Scopus | |
dc.subject | Central America | |
dc.subject | Ichthyofauna | |
dc.subject | Inventory | |
dc.subject | New records | |
dc.title | Fishes from the Tusubres River basin, Pacific coast, Costa Rica: Checklist, identification key and photographic album | en |
dc.type | Artigo | |
dspace.entity.type | Publication |