Ichthyofauna of the Aguaytía River Basin, Ucayali, Perú

Authors

  • María Giuliana Quezada García Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Museo de Historia Natural. Apartado 14-0434, Lima 14, Perú
  • Max Hidalgo del Águila Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Museo de Historia Natural. Apartado 14-0434, Lima 14, Perú
  • Juan Tarazona Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas.
  • Hernán Ortega Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Museo de Historia Natural. Apartado 14-0434, Lima 14, Perú

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/rpb.v24i4.14061

Keywords:

fishes, inventories, Ucayali River, Peruvian Amazon, Amazon basin.

Abstract

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.

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Published

12/21/2017

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How to Cite

Quezada García, María Giuliana, Max Hidalgo del Águila, Juan Tarazona, and Hernán Ortega. 2017. “Ichthyofauna of the Aguaytía River Basin, Ucayali, Perú”. Revista Peruana De Biología 24 (4): 331-42. https://doi.org/10.15381/rpb.v24i4.14061.