When destruction comes first: two new species of Hypostomus Lacépède, 1803 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from a ripped river in the Rio São Francisco Basin in Brazil.
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DOI: 10.1111/jfb.14674
Abstract: Environmental disasters affecting Brazilian rivers have been frequent recently, especially involving mining activities. Two recent dam-rupture events suddenly released millions of cubic meters of iron tailings downstream into two major Brazilian watersheds. These events generated… read more here.
Keywords: francisco basin; rio francisco; two new; new species ... See more keywords
Microlepidogaster negomata, a new hypoptopomatine catfish (Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae) from Rio São Francisco basin, southeastern Brazil.
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DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4276.2.5
Abstract: The number of species of Microlepidogaster recently increased considerably, the genus presently comprises six species distributed in the Paraná, São Francisco, and Jequitinhonha river basins. A new species of Microlepidogaster is herein described from the… read more here.
Keywords: francisco basin; rio francisco; microlepidogaster negomata; francisco ... See more keywords