1. A database of freshwater fish species of the Amazon Basin.
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Jézéquel C, Tedesco PA, Bigorne R, Maldonado-Ocampo JA, Ortega H, Hidalgo M, Martens K, Torrente-Vilara G, Zuanon J, Acosta A, Agudelo E, Barrera Maure S, Bastos DA, Bogotá Gregory J, Cabeceira FG, Canto ALC, Carvajal-Vallejos FM, Carvalho LN, Cella-Ribeiro A, Covain R, Donascimiento C, Dória CRC, Duarte C, Ferreira EJG, Galuch AV, Giarrizzo T, Leitão RP, Lundberg JG, Maldonado M, Mojica JI, Montag LFA, Ohara WM, Pires THS, Pouilly M, Prada-Pedreros S, de Queiroz LJ, Rapp Py-Daniel L, Ribeiro FRV, Ríos Herrera R, Sarmiento J, Sousa LM, Stegmann LF, Valdiviezo-Rivera J, Villa F, Yunoki T, and Oberdorff T
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- Animals, Biodiversity, Conservation of Natural Resources, Fresh Water, Rivers, South America, Databases, Factual, Fishes
- Abstract
The Amazon Basin is an unquestionable biodiversity hotspot, containing the highest freshwater biodiversity on earth and facing off a recent increase in anthropogenic threats. The current knowledge on the spatial distribution of the freshwater fish species is greatly deficient in this basin, preventing a comprehensive understanding of this hyper-diverse ecosystem as a whole. Filling this gap was the priority of a transnational collaborative project, i.e. the AmazonFish project - https://www.amazon-fish.com/. Relying on the outputs of this project, we provide the most complete fish species distribution records covering the whole Amazon drainage. The database, including 2,406 validated freshwater native fish species, 232,936 georeferenced records, results from an extensive survey of species distribution including 590 different sources (e.g. published articles, grey literature, online biodiversity databases and scientific collections from museums and universities worldwide) and field expeditions conducted during the project. This database, delivered at both georeferenced localities (21,500 localities) and sub-drainages grains (144 units), represents a highly valuable source of information for further studies on freshwater fish biodiversity, biogeography and conservation.
- Published
- 2020
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