Casatti, Lilian [UNESP]2014-05-272014-05-272005-11-15Zootaxa, n. 1080, p. 39-64, 2005.1175-53261175-5334http://hdl.handle.net/11449/68493The South American freshwater sciaenid genus Plagioscion is reviewed. Five of the 15 nominal species assigned to the genus are considered to be valid: Plagioscion squamosissimus, widely distributed in Atlantic drainages east of the Andes; P. auratus from the Río Orinoco and Río Amazonas basins; P. magdalenae from the Río Magdalena and Río Amazonas basins; P. ternetzi from the lower Río Paraná, Río Paraguay and Rio Uruguay basins; and P. montei from the Río Amazonas basin. Copyright © 2005 Magnolia Press.39-64engFreshwater sciaenidaePlagioscionSouth AmericaTaxonomyPerciformesPlagioscion auratusPlagioscion squamosissimusSciaenidaeTeleosteiArtigoWOS:000233285500004Acesso restrito2-s2.0-337452396978041011456158217