Data Paper

A database of freshwater fish species of the Amazon Basin

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, preventi...

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Autor principal: Jézéquel, Céline
Outros Autores: Tedesco, Pablo A., Bigorne, Rémy, Maldonado-Ocampo, Javier Alejandro, Ortega, Hernán, Hidalgo, Max H., Martens, Koen M., Torrente-Vilara, Gislene, Zuanon, Jansen, Acosta, Astrid, Agudelo, Edwin, Barrera Maure, Soraya, Bastos, Douglas A., Bogotá-Gregory, Juan David, Cabeceira, Fernando Gonçalves, Canto, André Luiz Colares, Carvajal-Vallejos, Fernando Marcelo, Carvalho, Lucélia Nobre, Cella-Ribeiro, Ariana, Covain, Raphael, DoNascimiento, Carlos, Dória, Carolina Rodrigues da Costa, Duarte, Cleber, Ferreira, Efrem J.G., Galuch, André Vieira, Giarrizzo, Tommaso, Leitão, Rafael Pereira, Lundberg, John G., Maldonado, Mabel, Mojica, José Iván, Montag, Luciano F.A., Ohara, Willian Massaharu, Pires, Tiago H.S., Pouilly, Marc, Prada-Pedreros, Saúl, Queiroz, Luiz Jardim de, Py-daniel, Lúcia Rapp, Ribeiro, Frank Raynner Vasconcelos, Ríos Herrera, Raúl, Sarmiento, Jaime, Sousa, Leandro M., Stegmann, Lis Fernandes, Valdiviezo-Rivera, Jonathan, Villa, Francisco, Yunoki, Takayuki, Oberdorff, Thierry
Grau: Data Paper
Idioma: English
Publicado em: Scientific data 2020
Assuntos:
Fresh Water
Animals
Biodiversity
Environmental Protection
Factual Database
Fish
River
South America
Animal
Biodiversity
Conservation Of Natural Resources
Databases, Factual
Fishes
Fresh Water
Rivers
South America
Acesso em linha: https://repositorio.inpa.gov.br/handle/1/19955
Resumo:
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.

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