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Revision of the South American freshwater genus Plagioscion (Teleostei, Perciformes, Sciaenidae)

2005; Q15088586; Volume: 1080; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.11646/zootaxa.1080.1.4

ISSN

1175-5334

Autores

Lílian Casatti,

Tópico(s)

Ichthyology and Marine Biology

Resumo

The 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 Río Uruguay basins; and P. montei from the Río Amazonas basin.

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