Bachelor of Science (Biological Sciences) and Teaching Licensed (Biological Sciences), both taken at Universidade de São Paulo (USP) in 2002 and 2003, respectively. Master in Science degree (Zoology/Ichthyology) and PhD (Zoology/Ichthyology), also both from USP, in 2005 and 2010, respectively. Postdoctoral researcher at USP and the Natural History Museum, London between 2010-2013. Professor at the Departamento de Biologia (DBio-So) of the Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar) - Sorocaba. Main research interests involve taxonomy and systematics of fishes using comparative anatomy and developmental biology as sources of information. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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The Neotropical region harbors the most diverse freshwater ichthyofauna in the world, with many diminutive forms. Miniature fishes are those whose adults do not grow over 26 mm of standard length and include more than 210 Neotropical species, a third in the family Characidae. Priocharax is a genus from the Amazon with three of the smallest characids known, characterized mainly by the rete…
The Amazon River drainage harbors the most diverse assemblage of freshwater fishes on the planet. Knowledge of this hyper-diverse aquatic fauna is still rudimentary, with information on life history and ecology available for only a fraction of species and heavily biased towards larger-bodied species of commercial importance or of conservation concern. In the majority of cases, the reprodu…
Characiformes is one of the most diverse orders in Actinopterygii, representing the richest order in the Amazon basin. Among the genera distributed in this biome, we highlight Priocharax, currently with five valid species of miniature fishes (i.e., reaching up to 26 mm Standard Length), all of which retain the larval pectoral fin in the adults. Preliminary morphological, osteological and …
Pipefishes, sea horses and sea dragons belong to the family Syngnathidae, that present the body fully covered by bony rings, a small and terminal mouth, and by the males having a brood pouch. The pipefish species Microphis lineatus (Kaup 1856) occurs in freshwaters, brackish and marine waters along the Atlantic coast from the United States to Brazil. It presents a taxonomic history full o…
The surf-zone of sandy beaches acts as nurseries, housing a great number of larval and juvenile fish. Among the available factors in this environment is the possibility of shelter against predators and a rich source of zooplanctonic food. The surf-zone ichthyofauna is often characterized by its low richness and high dominance by one or few species when compared to deeper regions of the oc…
Priocharax is a genus of Amazonian miniature fishes that includes two of the smallest characids known. Recently, it was proposed as closely related to Heterocharax, Hoplocharax and Lonchogenys, all with diminute representatives, but the relationships among these genera were not adequately established because miniature species present paedomorphic features that difficult the definition of …
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