Checklist of the freshwater fishes of Colombia
Posted: 16 Oct 2017, 15:53
DoNascimiento C., Herrera-Collazos E.E., Herrera-R G.A., Ortega-Lara A., Villa-Navarro F.A., Usma-Oviedo
J.S., Maldonado-Ocampo J.A. (2017) Checklist of the freshwater fishes of Colombia: a Darwin Core alternative to the updating problem. ZooKeys 708: 25–138. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.708.13897
Abstract:
The present work is part of a process to create a Catalogue of the Freshwater Fishes of Colombia and
consisted in the depuration and updating of the taxonomic and geographic components of the checklist
of the freshwater fishes of Colombia. An exhaustive revision of the 1435 species recorded in 2008 was
necessary to: 1. Add new species described since 2009 and species originally described from Colombia
but inadvertently omitted in 2008; 2. Add new records of already described species; 3. Delete species
whose presence in Colombia was not supported by voucher specimens in ichthyological collections; and
4. Revise the geographic distribution of the species listed in 2008. This process resulted in the following
numbers: 1. Total number of freshwater fish species in Colombia: 1494; 2. Number of species recorded
by hydrographic region - Amazon: 706, Orinoco: 663, Caribbean: 223, Magdalena-Cauca: 220, Pacific:
130; and 3. Number of endemic species: 374 (76% from the trans-Andean region). Updating the current
checklist is a fundamental requirement to ensure its incorporation in the decision-making process with
regard to the conservation of Colombian aquatic species and ecosystems, which are facing transformation
processes as a result of activities such as mining, construction of hydroelectric plants, expansion of the
agricultural frontier and subsequent deforestation, industrial and domestic pollution, development of
waterways, introduction of exotic species, and climate change.
Open access at:
https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/13897/
J.S., Maldonado-Ocampo J.A. (2017) Checklist of the freshwater fishes of Colombia: a Darwin Core alternative to the updating problem. ZooKeys 708: 25–138. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.708.13897
Abstract:
The present work is part of a process to create a Catalogue of the Freshwater Fishes of Colombia and
consisted in the depuration and updating of the taxonomic and geographic components of the checklist
of the freshwater fishes of Colombia. An exhaustive revision of the 1435 species recorded in 2008 was
necessary to: 1. Add new species described since 2009 and species originally described from Colombia
but inadvertently omitted in 2008; 2. Add new records of already described species; 3. Delete species
whose presence in Colombia was not supported by voucher specimens in ichthyological collections; and
4. Revise the geographic distribution of the species listed in 2008. This process resulted in the following
numbers: 1. Total number of freshwater fish species in Colombia: 1494; 2. Number of species recorded
by hydrographic region - Amazon: 706, Orinoco: 663, Caribbean: 223, Magdalena-Cauca: 220, Pacific:
130; and 3. Number of endemic species: 374 (76% from the trans-Andean region). Updating the current
checklist is a fundamental requirement to ensure its incorporation in the decision-making process with
regard to the conservation of Colombian aquatic species and ecosystems, which are facing transformation
processes as a result of activities such as mining, construction of hydroelectric plants, expansion of the
agricultural frontier and subsequent deforestation, industrial and domestic pollution, development of
waterways, introduction of exotic species, and climate change.
Open access at:
https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/13897/