TABLE 2 in Freshwater fishes of the Northeastern Mata Atlântica ecoregion, Brazil: an updated checklist with distributional patterns of a highly endemic ichthyofauna

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SpeciesOcurrence in the NMAF ecoregionOriginal distribution (Fricke et al. 2024)Sources3.Metynnis lippincottianus (Cope 1870)WidespreadAmazon basinVieira 2010; Silva et al. 2020; F.C. T. Lima (pers. comm.)4.Pygocentrus nattereri Kner, 1858Doce and adjacent basinsAmazon River basin, Paraguay-Paraná River basin, northeastern Brazilian coastal rivers and Essequibo River basinSarmento-Soares & Martins-Pinheiro 2014; Sarmento-Soares et al. 20225.Pygocentrus piraya (Cuvier, 1819)DoceSão Francisco basinSilva et al. 2020; Sarmento-Soares et al. 2022SILURIFORMESClariidae6.Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822)WidespreadAfrica, Asia Minor and Middle EastSarmento-Soares & Martins-Pinheiro 2009; 2012; 2014; Sarmento- Soares et al. 2010; 2022; Silva et al. 2020Pseudopimelodidae7.Lophiosilurus alexandri Steindachner, 1876DoceSão Francisco basinSarmento-Soares, Martins- Pinheiro, Rodrigues 2017; 2022ACANTHURIFORMESSciaenidae8.Plagioscion squamosissimus (Heckel, 1840)WidespreadAmazon, Orinoco, Paraná, Paraguay and São Francisco basins and rivers of the GuianasSilva et al. 2020CICHLIFORMESCichlidae9.Astronotus ocellatus (Agassiz, 1831)WidespreadNorthern South AmericaBizerril & Lima 2005; Burger et al. 2011; Reis & Santos 2014; Silva et al. 2020; Sarmento-Soares et al. 2020; Silva et al. 202110.Cichla kelberi Kullander & Ferreira, 2006Doce and adjacent basinsAraguaia River and lower Tocantins River drainagesSarmento-Soares & Martins-Pinheiro 2014; Sarmento-Soares et al. 2022Kullander & Ferreira2006; Sarmento-Soares& Martins-Pinheiro11.Cichla pinima Kullander & Ferreira, 2006WidespreadLower Amazon basin, Brazil2010; Burger et al. 2011; Sarmento-Soares et al.2012; 2021; Reis & Santos2014; Vita et al. 2020;Silva et al. 2021Sarmento-Soares &Martins-Pinheiro 2010;12.Coptodon rendalli (Boulenger, 1897)WidespreadSouthern-central Africa2012; 2013a; 2014; Sarmento-Soares et al. 2012; Silva et al. 2015;Silva et al. 2020; Vita et al.2020; 2021Bizerril & Lima 2005;13.Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758)WidespreadNorthern and Northeastern AfricaSarmento-Soares et al. 2008; 2009b; 2010; Burger et al. 2011; Silva et al.2020; Silva et al. 2021CYPRINIFORMESXenocyprididae14.Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (Valenciennes, 1844)JequitinhonhaYangtze River basin, China and RussiaAlves et al. 2007CYPRINODONTIFORMESPoeciliidaeBizerril & Lima 2005;Coastal drainagesSarmento-Soares et al.between the Orinoco2008; 2009a; 2012; 2021;delta (Venezuela) and theSarmento-Soares &15.Poecilia reticulata Peters, 1859WidespreadEssequibo River delta,Martins-Pinheiro 2010;Guyana, Venezuelan Islands,2012; 2013a; 2014; Burgerthe Netherlands Antilles andet al. 2011; Silva et al.Trinidad and Tabago2015; Silva et al. 2020;Vita et al. 2020; 2021Atlantic slope of Central16.Xiphophorus hellerii Heckel, 1848Benevente, DoceAmerica in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras andSarmento-Soares et al. 2012; 2022Mexico17.Xiphophorus maculatus (Günther, 1866)BeneventeAtlantic slope of Mexico, Belize and GuatemalaSarmento-Soares et al. 2012
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