LIST OF FISH SPECIES OF FRUTEIRAS RIVER (ITAPEMIRIM RIVER BASIN), ESPÍRITO SANTO, SOUTHEASTERN BRAZIL

• Autor(a) principal: de Almeida, Frederico Belei
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Sampaio, Wagner Martins Santana, Giongo, Patricia, Fonseca, Armando, Raposo Filho, Frederico Lopes
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Biota Amazônia
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unifap.br/index.php/biota/article/view/2872

The Itapemirim river basin is part of the basins of southern Espírito Santo and the great Eastern coastal system and incorporates a large portion of the fish fauna of the coastal basin; 79 species are currently known in the basins of southern Espírito Santo, and there are species exclusively freshwater species and estuarine or marine species. However, there are few consolidated scientific data for Itapemirim river basin in particular. Thus, the present study aimed to collect and review the literature available on the fish fauna of the Itapemirim river basin, especially its tributary, the Fruteira river. Primary data on the species were collected at six sampling stations. Qualitative and quantitative data collection methodologies were used in each sampling area to survey the species. The data were compared with other studies on the basin. During the sampling period, 25 species were captured in areas of the Fruteiras Small Hydroelectric Power Plant; 11 of them are known to science, although they are not mentioned in the other research papers on the Itapemirim river basin. The records of other species for the Itapemirim river, considering ecologically relevant native species and introduced species, show the importance of the Fruteiras river as a migration route and a conservation site in the Itapemirim river basin. This reinforces the importance of maintaining conservation programs for this basin.Keywords: Fishes, Espírito Santo, Hydroeletric, Ichthyofauna.