Although attempts to understand C entral A merican freshwater fish provincialism date to the
1960s, early efforts lacked the wealth of distributional data now available. Biogeographic …

Aim The processes that generate biodiversity occur at finer scales than are often studied,
particularly in freshwater systems of the northern Neotropics. We investigate whether fine …

Abstract The North American freshwater fish fauna exhibits considerable species diversity
and patterns of endemism. The fauna has enormous potential for use in investigations and …

Centrarchidae is a clade of freshwater fishes endemic to North America, a part of the world
that harbors more species of freshwater fishes than any other nontropical region on Earth …

Abstract Aim Our aims were:(1) to use recently published phylogenies of six widely
distributed clades of highland‐type fishes in a comparative analysis that investigates …

North America exhibits the most diverse freshwater fish fauna among temperate regions of
the world. Species diversity is concentrated in the Central Highlands, drained by the …

Widespread fish clades that occur mainly or exclusively in fresh water represent a key target
of biogeographical investigation due to limited potential for crossing marine barriers …

Eighty-three species of fishes belonging to 26 genera live in the area bounded by the Sierra
Nevada, Grand Canyon, Rocky Mountains, and Snake River Plain. The waters inhabited by …

Aim Any discovery of new biogeographical pattern in landlocked animals may challenge
hypotheses that account for the evolution of intercontinental faunas. In this study, we …

Aim Among the main biogeographical hypotheses explaining the remarkable diversity of
fishes in the Neotropics is the “palaeogeographical hypothesis”, focusing on vicariance, and …