Phylogeny of the hyperdiverse order Characiformes (Teleostei: Ostariophysi) using ultraconserved elements

• Grant number: 14/26508-3
• Support type: Research Projects - Thematic Grants
• Duration: October 01, 2015 - November 30, 2020
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Genetics - Animal Genetics
• Principal researcher: Claudio de Oliveira
• Grantee: Claudio de Oliveira
• Home Institution: Instituto de Biociências (IBB). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Botucatu. Botucatu , SP, Brazil
• Assoc. researchers: Fausto Foresti ; Ricardo Cardoso Benine ; Ricardo Macedo Corrêa e Castro
• Associated scholarship(s): 16/11313-8 - Phylogeny of the Order Characiformes (Teleostei: Ostariophysi) using ultraconserved elements, BP.PD

Abstract

The order Characiformes, one of the largest components of the freshwater fish fauna in the world, with over 2000 known species, is one of the least studied groups in the systematic point of view. Within this order is the Characidae family, one of the largest families of fish, with more than 1000 species. The species of this order always have great ecological and economic importance in the regions where they occur, where they are used directly for human consumption or in the aquarium hobby. In the Neotropical region, Characiformes represent about a third of all freshwater fish species. A recent study conducted by our research group, involving molecular data, presented a new hypothesis of relationships among Characiformes, proposing the recognition of five families, not previously used, and a new definition of Characidae. Although this study has provided a major advance in our knowledge of the systematics of Characiformes, there is still the need for further studies, especially in relation to many highly species rich groups of Characidae and to several families of Characiformes. A general review of the available literature revels that it is also clear that there is a need for the use of new, and more resolute, molecular markers since many of the relationships among families are still poorly resolved. In this sense we are proposing the construction of a new phylogeny, employing the more modem techniques of next-generation sequencing (phylogenomic) generate data about ultraconserved elements (UCEs), whose use in phylogenetic systematics has showing promising data. In this project, we are also proposing the enrichment of molecular data banks, such BOLD, to allow the molecular identification of all species to be analyzed in the present investigation. Thus, the present study will be fundamental for a better understanding of what groups belong to Characiformes and to test the hypotheses about the relations among families, the relationships among genera and species within families and the historical biogeography of the group who is now distributed in many basins of the Ethiopic and Neotropical regions. (AU)

Scientific publications

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DA SILVA FERRETTE, BRUNO LOPES; MOURATO, BRUNO; VIEIRA HAZIN, FABIO HISSA; AROCHA, FREDDY; WILLIAMS, SAMUEL MACKEY; RODRIGUES JUNIOR, CARLOS EGBERTO; PORTO-FORESTI, FABIO; DE AMORIM, ALBERTO FERREIRA; ROTUNDO, MATHEUS MARCOS; COELHO, RUI; HOOLIHAN, JOHN P.; SOW, FAMBAYE NGOM; DIAHA, N'GUESSAN CONSTANCE; ROMANOV, V, EVGENY; DOMINGUES, RODRIGO RODRIGUES; OLIVEIRA, CLAUDIO; FORESTI, FAUSTO; MENDONCA, FERNANDO FERNANDES. Global phylogeography of sailfish: deep evolutionary lineages with implications for fisheries management. Hydrobiologia, v. 848, n. 17, p. 3883-3904, OCT 2021. Web of Science Citations: 0.

SILVA, GABRIEL S. C.; ROXO, FABIO F.; MELO, BRUNO F.; OCHOA, LUZ E.; BOCKMANN, FLAVIO A.; SABAJ, MARK H.; JEREP, FERNANDO C.; FORESTI, FAUSTO; BENINE, RICARDO C.; OLIVEIRA, CLAUDIO. Evolutionary history of Heptapteridae catfishes using ultraconserved elements (Teleostei, Siluriformes). ZOOLOGICA SCRIPTA, v. 50, n. 5, p. 543-554, SEP 2021. Web of Science Citations: 1.

REIA, LAIS; OLIVEIRA, CLAUDIO; BENINE, RICARDO C. Moenkhausia andrica (Characiformes: Characidae): a new species from the rio Tapajos basin, Brazil, with minute fin hooklets in females. Journal of Fish Biology, AUG 2021. Web of Science Citations: 0.

SILVA, GABRIEL S. C.; MELO, BRUNO F.; ROXO, FABIO F.; OCHOA, LUZ E.; SHIBATTA, OSCAR A.; SABAJ, MARK H.; OLIVEIRA, CLAUDIO. Phylogenomics of the bumblebee catfishes (Siluriformes: Pseudopimelodidae) using ultraconserved elements. JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGICAL SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTIONARY RESEARCH, JUL 2021. Web of Science Citations: 0.

PEREIRA, LUIZ HENRIQUE GARCIA; CASTRO, JERSON ROGELIO CHANCHAY; VARGAS, PILAR MIREYA HUATATOCA; GOMEZ, JOSE ALEJANDRO MORALES; OLIVEIRA, CLAUDIO. The use of an integrative approach to improve accuracy of species identification and detection of new species in studies of stream fish diversity. Genetica, v. 149, n. 2, p. 103-116, APR 2021. Web of Science Citations: 0.

ZERBINATO DE ANDRADE SILVA, DUILIO MAZZONI; RUIZ-RUANO, FRANCISCO J.; UTSUNOMIA, RICARDO; MARTIN-PECINA, MARIA; PENA CASTRO, JONATHAN; PACCIELLI FREIRE, PAULA; FRANCISCO CARVALHO, ROBSON; HASHIMOTO, DIOGO T.; SUH, ALEXANDER; OLIVEIRA, CLAUDIO; PORTO-FORESTI, FABIO; FERREIRA ARTONI, ROBERTO; FORESTI, FAUSTO; CAMACHO, JUAN PEDRO M. Long-term persistence of supernumerary B chromosomes in multiple species of Astyanax fish. BMC Biology, v. 19, n. 1 MAR 19 2021. Web of Science Citations: 0.

DE FIGUEIREDO-FILHO, JESSE MIRANDA; MARCENIUK, ALEXANDRE P.; FEIJO, ANDERSON; SICCHA-RAMIREZ, RAQUEL; RIBEIRO, GIOVANA S.; OLIVEIRA, CLAUDIO; ROSA, RICARDO S. Taxonomy of Centropomus Lac & eacute;p & egrave;de, 1802 (Perciformes: Centropomidae), with focus on the Atlantic species of the genus. Zootaxa, v. 4942, n. 3, p. 301-338, MAR 15 2021. Web of Science Citations: 0.

SOARES, LETICIA BATISTA; PAIM, FABILENE GOMES; RAMOS, LUCAS PERES; FORESTI, FAUSTO; OLIVEIRA, CLAUDIO. Molecular cytogenetic analysis and the establishment of a cell culture in the fish species Hollandichthys multifasciatus (Eigenmann & Norris, 1900) (Characiformes, Characidae). GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, v. 44, n. 2 2021. Web of Science Citations: 0.

MAURO NIRCHIO; MARIA CECILIA MASACHE; FABILENE GOMES PAIM; MARCELO DE BELLO CIOFFI; ORLANDO MOREIRA FILHO; RAMIRO BARRIGA; CLAUDIO OLIVEIRA; ANNA RITA ROSSI. Chromosome analysis in Saccodon wagneri (Characiformes) and insights into the karyotype evolution of Parodontidae. Neotropical Ichthyology, v. 19, n. 1, p. -, 2021. Web of Science Citations: 0.

MATEUSSI, NADAYCA T. B.; MELO, BRUNO F.; OTA, RAFAELA P.; ROXO, FABIO F.; OCHOA, LUZ E.; FORESTI, FAUSTO; OLIVEIRA, CLAUDIO. Phylogenomics of the Neotropical fish family Serrasalmidae with a novel intrafamilial classification (Teleostei: Characiformes). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, v. 153, DEC 2020. Web of Science Citations: 0.

SOUZA, CAMILA S.; SILVA, GABRIEL S. C.; OCHOA, LUZ E.; ROXO, FABIO F.; COSTA-SILVA, GUILHERME J.; FORESTI, FAUSTO; MELO, BRUNO F.; OLIVEIRA, CLAUDIO. Molecular and morphological diversity in species of Kronichthys (Teleostei, Loricariidae) from Atlantic coastal rivers of Brazil. Journal of Fish Biology, v. 98, n. 3 DEC 2020. Web of Science Citations: 0.

MARCENIUK, ALEXANDRE PIRES; CAIRES, RODRIGO ANTUNES; ROTUNDO, MATHEUS MARCOS; CATARINE DANTAS CERQUEIRA, NAJILA NOLIE; SICCHA-RAMIREZ, RAQUEL; WOSIACKI, WOLMAR BENJAMIN; OLIVEIRA, CLAUDIO. Taxonomic revision of the Menticirrhus americanus (Linnaeus, 1758) and M. littoralis (Holbrook, 1847) (Percomorphacea: Sciaenidae) species complexes from the western Atlantic. Zootaxa, v. 4822, n. 3, p. 301-333, AUG 6 2020. Web of Science Citations: 0.

CARVALHO, CINTIA OLIVEIRA; MARCENIUK, ALEXANDRE PIRES; OLIVEIRA, CLAUDIO; WOSIACKI, WOLMAR BENJAMIN. Integrative taxonomy of the species complex Haemulon steindachneri (Jordan and Gilbert, 1882) (Eupercaria; Haemulidae) with a description of a new species from the western Atlantic. ZOOLOGY, v. 141, AUG 2020. Web of Science Citations: 1.

BIRINDELLI, JOSE L. O.; MELO, BRUNO F.; RIBEIRO-SILVA, LUIS R.; DINIZ, DEBORA; OLIVEIRA, CLAUDIO. A New Species of Hypomasticus from Eastern Brazil Based on Morphological and Molecular Data (Characiformes, Anostomidae). Copeia, v. 108, n. 2, p. 416-425, JUL 2020. Web of Science Citations: 0.

BONANI MATEUSSI, NADAYCA T.; MELO, BRUNO F.; OLIVEIRA, CLAUDIO. Molecular delimitation and taxonomic revision of the wimple piranhaCatoprion(Characiformes: Serrasalmidae) with the description of a new species. Journal of Fish Biology, v. 97, n. 3 JUL 2020. Web of Science Citations: 0.

PAIM, FABILENE GOMES; NIRCHIO, MAURO; OLIVEIRA, CLAUDIO; ROSSI, ANNA RITA. Sex Chromosomes and Internal Telomeric Sequences inDormitator latifrons(Richardson 1844) (Eleotridae: Eleotrinae): An Insight into Their Origin in the Genus. GENES, v. 11, n. 6 JUN 2020. Web of Science Citations: 1.

DE QUEIROZ, LUIZ JARDIM; CARDOSO, YAMILA; JACOT-DES-COMBES, CECILE; BAHECHAR, ILHAM ANNE; LUCENA, CARLOS ALBERTO; PY-DANIEL, LUCIA RAPP; SARMENTO SOARES, LUISA MARIA; NYLINDER, STEPHAN; OLIVEIRA, CLAUDIO; PARENTE, THIAGO ESTEVAM; TORRENTE-VILARA, GISLENE; COVAIN, RAPHAEL; BUCKUP, PAULO; MONTOYA-BURGOS, I, JUAN. Evolutionary units delimitation and continental multilocus phylogeny of the hyperdiverse catfish genus Hypostomus. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, v. 145, APR 2020. Web of Science Citations: 1.

FAIRCLOTH, BRANT C.; ALDA, FERNANDO; HOEKZEMA, KENDRA; BURNS, MICHAEL D.; OLIVEIRA, CLAUDIO; ALBERT, JAMES S.; MELO, BRUNO F.; OCHOA, LUZ E.; ROXO, FABIO F.; CHAKRABARTY, PROSANTA; SIDLAUSKAS, BRIAN L.; ALFARO, MICHAEL E. A Target Enrichment Bait Set for Studying Relationships among Ostariophysan Fishes. Copeia, v. 108, n. 1, p. 47-60, MAR 2020. Web of Science Citations: 0.

OCHOA, LUZ E.; DATOVO, ALESSIO; DONASCIMIENTO, CARLOS; ROXO, FABIO F.; SABAJ, MARK H.; CHANG, JONATHAN; MELO, BRUNO F.; SILVA, GABRIEL S. C.; FORESTI, FAUSTO; ALFARO, MICHAEL; OLIVEIRA, CLAUDIO. Phylogenomic analysis of trichomycterid catfishes (Teleostei: Siluriformes) inferred from ultraconserved elements. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, v. 10, n. 1 FEB 14 2020. Web of Science Citations: 2.

DORINI, BEATRIZ F.; RIBEIRO-SILVA, LUIS R.; FORESTI, FAUSTO; OLIVEIRA, CLAUDIO; MELO, BRUNO F. Molecular phylogenetics provides a novel hypothesis of chromosome evolution in Neotropical fishes of the genus Potamorhina (Teleostei, Curimatidae). JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGICAL SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTIONARY RESEARCH, v. 58, n. 4 JAN 2020. Web of Science Citations: 0.

BRUNO F. MELO. New species of Curimatopsis from the rio Caroni, Orinoco basin, Venezuela, with comments on C. macrolepis (Characiformes: Curimatidae). Neotropical Ichthyology, v. 18, n. 2, p. -, 2020. Web of Science Citations: 0.

LUZ E. OCHOA; BRUNO F. MELO; JORGE E. GARCÍA-MELO; JAVIER A. MALDONADO-OCAMPO; CAMILA S. SOUZA; JUAN G. ALBORNOZ-GARZÓN; CRISTHIAN C. CONDE-SALDAÑA; FRANCISCO VILLA-NAVARRO; ARMANDO ORTEGA-LARA; CLAUDIO OLIVEIRA. Species delimitation reveals an underestimated diversity of Andean catfishes of the family Astroblepidae (Teleostei: Siluriformes). Neotropical Ichthyology, v. 18, n. 4, p. -, 2020. Web of Science Citations: 0.

REIA, LAIS; VICENSOTTO, ANA MARIA P. F.; OLIVEIRA, CLAUDIO; BENINE, RICARDO C. Taxonomy of Moenkhausia australis Eigenmann, 1908(Characiformes, Characidae) with a discussion on its phylogenetic relationships. Zootaxa, v. 4688, n. 2, p. 213-231, OCT 22 2019. Web of Science Citations: 0.

ADELIR-ALVES, J.; SPIER, D.; GERUM, H. L. N.; MACHADO, L. F.; SPACH, H. L.; BOZA, B. R.; OLIVEIRA, C. Plectorhinchus macrolepis (Actinopterygii: Haemulidae) in the western Atlantic Ocean. Journal of Fish Biology, v. 95, n. 4, p. 1156-1160, OCT 2019. Web of Science Citations: 0.

ARRUDA, PABILA S. S.; FERREIRA, DANIELA C.; OLIVEIRA, CLAUDIO; VENERE, PAULO C. DNA Barcoding Reveals High Levels of Divergence among Mitochondrial Lineages of Brycon (Characiformes, Bryconidae). GENES, v. 10, n. 9 SEP 2019. Web of Science Citations: 0.

CAIRES, RODRIGO ANTUNES; DOS SANTOS, WAGNER C. R.; MACHADO, LEONARDO; OLIVEIRA, CLAUDIO; CERQUEIRA, NAJILA N. C. D.; ROTUNDO, MATHEUS MARCOS; OLIVEIRA, CINTIA; MARCENIUK, ALEXANDRE P. The Tonkin weakfish, Cynoscion similis (Sciaenidae, Perciformes), an endemic species of the Amazonas-Orinoco Plume. Acta Amazonica, v. 49, n. 3, p. 197+, JUL-SEP 2019. Web of Science Citations: 0.

DE LAS MERCEDES AZPELICUETA, MARIA; MATIAS DELPIANI, SERGIO; LUIS CIONE, ALBERTO; OLIVEIRA, CLAUDIO; PIRES MARCENIUK, ALEXANDRE; MARTIN DIAZ DE ASTARLOA, JUAN. Morphology and molecular evidence support the validity of Pogonias courbina (Lacepede, 1803) (Teleostei: Sciaenidae), with a redescription and neotype designation. PLoS One, v. 14, n. 6 JUN 19 2019. Web of Science Citations: 1.

ROXO, FABIO F.; OCHOA, LUZ E.; SABAJ, MARK H.; LUJAN, NATHAN K.; COVAIN, RAPHAEL; SILVA, GABRIEL S. C.; MELO, BRUNO F.; ALBERT, JAMES S.; CHANG, JONATHAN; FORESTI, FAUSTO; ALFARO, MICHAEL E.; OLIVEIRA, CLAUDIO. Phylogenomic reappraisal of the Neotropical catfish family Loricariidae (Teleostei: Siluriformes) using ultraconserved elements. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, v. 135, p. 148-165, JUN 2019. Web of Science Citations: 6.

MATEUSSI, NADAYCA T. B.; MELO, BRUNO F.; FORESTI, FAUSTO; OLIVEIRA, CLAUDIO. Molecular Data Reveal Multiple Lineages in Piranhas of the Genus Pygocentrus (Teleostei, Characiformes). GENES, v. 10, n. 5 MAY 2019. Web of Science Citations: 1.

UTSUNOMIA, RICARDO; ZERBINATO DE ANDRADE SILVA, DUILIO MAZZONI; RUIZ-RUANO, FRANCISCO J.; GOMES GOES, CAIO AUGUSTO; MELO, SILVANA; ERES RAMOS, LUCAS P.; OLIVEIRA, CLAUDIO; PORTO-FORESTI, FABIO; FORESTI, FAUSTO; ERUO HASHIMOTO, DIOGO T. Satellitome landscape analysis of Megaleporinus macrocephalus (Teleostei, Anostomidae) reveals intense accumulation of satellite sequences on the heteromorphic sex chromosome. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, v. 9, APR 10 2019. Web of Science Citations: 2.

DA COSTA, GABRIELA O.; NOBILE, ANDRE B.; LIMA, FELIPE P.; FREITAS-SOUZA, DIOGO; MANZANO, FELIPE V.; OLIVEIRA, CLAUDIO. Length-weight and length-length relationships for four fish species of Upper Paranaiba river basin, Brazil. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, v. 35, n. 2, p. 619-621, APR 2019. Web of Science Citations: 0.

BETANCUR-R, RICARDO; ARCILA, DAHIANA; VARI, RICHARD P.; HUGHES, LILY C.; OLIVEIRA, CLAUDIO; SABAJ, MARK H.; ORTI, GUILLERMO. Phylogenomic incongruence, hypothesis testing, and taxonomic sampling: The monophyly of characiform fishes. Evolution, v. 73, n. 2, p. 329-345, FEB 2019. Web of Science Citations: 11.

SERRANO, ERICA A.; MELO, BRUNO F.; FREITAS-SOUZA, DIOGO; OLIVEIRA, MARIA L. M.; UTSUNOMIA, RICARDO; OLIVEIRA, CLAUDIO; FORESTI, FAUSTO. Species delimitation in Neotropical fishes of the genus Characidium (Teleostei, Characiformes). ZOOLOGICA SCRIPTA, v. 48, n. 1, p. 69-80, JAN 2019. Web of Science Citations: 3.

BRITSKI, HERALDO A.; MELO, BRUNO F.; VARI, RICHARD P.; OLIVEIRA, CLAUDIO. Revalidation and redescription of Steindachnerina nigrotaenia and redescription of S. insculpta (Characiformes: Curimatidae). Neotropical Ichthyology, v. 17, n. 1 2019. Web of Science Citations: 0.

MELO, BRUNO; SIDLAUSKAS, BRIAN; HOEKZEMA, KENDRA; VARI, RICHARD; DILLMAN, CASEY; OLIVEIRA, CLAUDIO. Molecular phylogenetics of Neotropical detritivorous fishes of the family Curimatidae (Teleostei: Characiformes). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, v. 127, p. 800-812, OCT 2018. Web of Science Citations: 3.

SILVA, GABRIEL S. C.; ROXO, FABIO F.; SOUZA, CAMILA S.; OLIVEIRA, CLAUDIO. Two new species of Corumbataia (Hypoptopomatinae: Loricariidae) from Rio Corrente, upper Rio Parana basin, Brazil. Zootaxa, v. 4483, n. 2, p. 317-330, SEP 21 2018. Web of Science Citations: 0.

BORTOLO, GUSTAVO C.; LIMA, FLAVIO C. T.; MELO, BRUNO F. A New Cyphocharax from the Lower Rio Tapajos, Amazon Basin, Brazil (Characiformes: Curimatidae). Copeia, v. 106, n. 2, p. 346-352, JUL 2018. Web of Science Citations: 0.

DEPRA, GABRIEL DE CARVALHO; DA GRACA, WEFERSON JUNIO; PAVANELLI, CARLA SIMONE; AVELINO, GLEISY SEMENCIO; OLIVEIRA, CLAUDIO. Molecular phylogeny of Planaltina Bohlke (Characidae: Stevardiinae) and comments on the definition and geographic distribution of the genus, with description of a new species. PLoS One, v. 13, n. 5 MAY 16 2018. Web of Science Citations: 3.

MELO, BRUNO F.; DORINI, BEATRIZ F.; FORESTI, FAUSTO; OLIVEIRA, CLAUDIO. Little Divergence Among Mitochondrial Lineages of Prochilodus (Teleostei, Characiformes). FRONTIERS IN GENETICS, v. 9, APR 4 2018. Web of Science Citations: 2.

CAMELIER, PRISCILA; MENEZES, NAERCIO AQUINO; COSTA-SILVA, GUILHERME JOSE; OLIVEIRA, CLAUDIO. Molecular and morphological data of the freshwater fish Glandulocauda melanopleura (Characiformes: Characidae) provide evidences of river captures and local differentiation in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. PLoS One, v. 13, n. 3 MAR 26 2018. Web of Science Citations: 3.

RICARDO BRITZKE; WALDO P. TROY; CLAUDIO OLIVEIRA; RICARDO C. BENINE. Description of a new species of Moenkhausia (Characiformes: Characidae) from the upper Paraguay basin, Central Brazil, with comments on its phylogenetic relationships. Neotropical Ichthyology, v. 16, n. 2, p. -, 2018.

BRITZKE, RICARDO; TROY, WALDO P.; OLIVEIRA, CLAUDIO; BENINE, RICARDO C. Description of a new species of Moenkhausia (Characiformes: Characidae) from the tipper Paraguay basin, Central Brazil, with comments on its phylogenetic relationships. Neotropical Ichthyology, v. 16, n. 2 2018. Web of Science Citations: 2.

CAMELIER, PRISCILA; MENEZES, NAERCIO AQUINO; COSTA-SILVA, GUILHERME JOSE; OLIVEIRA, CLAUDIO. Molecular phylogeny and biogeographic history of the Neotropical tribe Glandulocaudini (Characiformes: Characidae: Stevardiinae). Neotropical Ichthyology, v. 16, n. 1, p. -, 2018. Web of Science Citations: 3.

CARVALHO, MARGARIDA LIMA; DA COSTA SILVA, GUILHERME JOSE; MELO, SILVANA; ASHIKAGA, FERNANDO YULDI; SHINNABUKURO-DIAS, CRISTIANE KIOKO; SCACCHETTI, PRISCILLA CARDIM; DEVIDE, RENATO; FORESTI, FAUSTO; OLIVEIRA, CLAUDIO. The non-monotypic status of the neotropical fish genus Hemiodontichthys (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) evidenced by genetic approaches. MITOCHONDRIAL DNA PART A, v. 29, n. 8, p. 1224-1230, 2018. Web of Science Citations: 1.

URBANSKI, BRUNS Q.; MELO, BRUNO F.; SILVA, GABRIEL S. C.; BENINE, RICARDO C. A new species of Tetragonopterus (Characiformes: Characidae) from Central Amazon lowlands, Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology, v. 16, n. 2, p. -, 2018. Web of Science Citations: 1.

CARVALHO, PEDRO C.; DE OLIVEIRA, EZEQUIEL A.; BERTOLLO, LUIZ A. C.; YANO, CASSIA F.; OLIVEIRA, CLAUDIO; DECRU, EVA; JEGEDE, OLADELE I.; HATANAKA, TERUMI; LIEHR, THOMAS; AL-RIKABI, AHMED B. H.; CIOFFI, MARCELO DE B. First Chromosomal Analysis in Hepsetidae (Actinopterygii, Characiformes): Insights into Relationship between African and Neotropical Fish Groups. FRONTIERS IN GENETICS, v. 8, DEC 12 2017. Web of Science Citations: 8.

GARCIA-AYALA, JAMES R.; OHARA, WILLIAN M.; PASTANA, MURILO N. L.; BENINE, RICARDO C. A new species of Brachychalcinus (Characiformes: Characidae) from the rio Xingu basin, Serra do Cachimbo, Brazil. Zootaxa, v. 4362, n. 4, p. 564-574, DEC 7 2017. Web of Science Citations: 2.

NOBILE, A. B.; FREITAS-SOUZA, D.; LIMA, F. P.; VIEIRA, L. B.; MELO, B. F.; OLIVEIRA, C. Length-weight and length-length relationships of 16 fish species from Amapa, Brazilian Amazon. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, v. 33, n. 5, p. 1058-1061, OCT 2017. Web of Science Citations: 5.

OCHOA, LUZ E.; ROXO, FABIO F.; DONASCIMIENTO, CARLOS; SABAJ, MARK H.; DATOVO, ALESSI; ALFARO, MICHAEL; OLIVEIRA, CLAUDIO. Multilocus analysis of the catfish family Trichomycteridae (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Siluriformes) supporting a monophyletic Trichomycterinae. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, v. 115, p. 71-81, OCT 2017. Web of Science Citations: 7.

UTSUNOMIA, RICARDO; RUIZ-RUANO, FRANCISCO J.; SILVA, DUILIO M. Z. A.; SERRANO, ERICA A.; ROSA, IVANA F.; SCUDELER, PATRICIA E. S.; HASHIMOTO, DIOGO T.; OLIVEIRA, CLAUDIO; CAMACHO, JUAN PEDRO M.; FORESTI, FAUSTO. A Glimpse into the Satellite DNA Library in Characidae Fish (Teleostei, Characiformes). FRONTIERS IN GENETICS, v. 8, AUG 14 2017. Web of Science Citations: 7.

MELO, B. F.; OLIVEIRA, C. Three new species of Curimatopsis (Characiformes: Curimatidae) from the Amazon basin. Journal of Fish Biology, v. 91, n. 2, p. 528-544, AUG 2017. Web of Science Citations: 4.

MELO, BRUNO F. Cyphocharax boiadeiro, a new species from the upper rio Araguaia, Amazon basin, Brazil (Characiformes: Curimatidae). Zootaxa, v. 4247, n. 2, p. 114-120, MAR 27 2017. Web of Science Citations: 4.

SILVA, GABRIEL S. C.; MELO, BRUNO F.; OLIVEIRA, CLAUDIO; BENINE, RICARDO C. Revision of the South American genus Tetragonopterus Cuvier, 1816 (Teleostei: Characidae) with description of four new species. Zootaxa, v. 4200, n. 1, p. 1-46, NOV 28 2016. Web of Science Citations: 6.

SILVA, GABRIEL S. C.; ROXO, FABIO F.; MELO, BRUNO F.; OLIVEIRA, CLAUDIO. New species of Curculionichthys (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the eastern Guiana Shield. Zootaxa, v. 4175, n. 3, p. 281-291, OCT 14 2016. Web of Science Citations: 3.

MELO, BRUNO F.; SIDLAUSKAS, BRIAN L.; HOEKZEMA, KENDRA; FRABLE, BENJAMIN W.; VARI, RICHARD P.; OLIVEIRA, CLAUDIO. Molecular phylogenetics of the Neotropical fish family Prochilodontidae (Teleostei: Characiformes). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, v. 102, p. 189-201, SEP 2016. Web of Science Citations: 17.