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Title
Preliminary study of fish fauna and aquatic habitats in the Lower Paraguá River, Santa Cruz, Bolivia [Estudio preliminar de la ictiofauna y los hábitats acuáticos del Río Bajo Paraguá, Santa Cruz, Bolivia].
Author(s)
Fuentes Rojas V., Rumiz D.I.
Published
2008
Publisher
Biota Neotropica
Published Version DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/S1676-06032008000100010
Abstract
With the aim of improving our knowledge about the fish fauna of the Lower Paragua River (Iténez or Guaporé basin), fish collections and physic-chemical analyses of water were conducted in three localities in northern Santa Cruz, on the western border of the Noel Kempff Mercado National Park. Sampling periods lasted 5 days on each of three sites (Piso Firme, Florida y El Refugio) and two seasons (high waters: April-May, low waters: September). By using various fishing methods, 4098 fish belonging to 124 species were collected, 35 of them were new geographic records for the National Park. From all the species, 56% belonged to the Characiformes, 22% to Siluriformes (34 spp.), 15% Perciformes (18 spp. of cichlids), 5% Gymnotiformes and 2% Synbranchiformes, Rajiformes and Beloniformes. Species richness was low in the upper course of the river (Piso Firme: 90 species, Florida: 71 species, El Refugio: 23 species) as well as oxygen levels which reached a critical minimum at El Refugio during low waters and increased cover of floating vegetation. The proportion of new geographic records and the uncertainties about fish distribution and abundance indicate the need to conduct monitoring actions associated to the management plans in the area.
Keywords
Beloniformes; Characiformes; Cichlidae; Gymnotiformes; Perciformes; Rajiformes; Siluriformes; Synbranchiformes
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