Ichthyofauna of the Aguaytía River Basin, Ucayali, Perú

An annotated species fish list recorded in the Aguaytía River basin is presented. Fishes were collected between 1942 and 2009 in different years and seasons. This is the first inventories in Aguaytía river Basin, and for the Cordillera Azúl National Park. Fishes were mainly collected using seines of...

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Autores: Quezada García, María Giuliana, Hidalgo del Águila, Max, Tarazona, Juan, Ortega, Hernán
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:Perú
Institución:Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Repositorio:Revistas - Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe:article/14061
Acceso en línea:https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/rpb/article/view/14061
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:peces
inventario
río Ucayali
Amazonia peruana
cuenca Amazónica
fishes
inventories
Ucayali River
Peruvian Amazon
Amazon basin.
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Sumario:An annotated species fish list recorded in the Aguaytía River basin is presented. Fishes were collected between 1942 and 2009 in different years and seasons. This is the first inventories in Aguaytía river Basin, and for the Cordillera Azúl National Park. Fishes were mainly collected using seines of 10x3 m and of 5x2 m and 6 mm mesh. For fixation and preservation of samples were used 10% formaldehyde solution and 70% ethanol, respectively. Samples are in the Ichthyological Collection (MUSM) of the Museum of Natural History of San Marcos University. We analized 9917 specimens and recorded a total of 211 species of 28 families and nine orders.