Fish species identification is traditionally based on external morphological features. Yet, in
many cases fishes and especially their diverse developmental stages are difficult to identify …

In recent years, the land area under agriculture has declined as also has the rate of growth
in agricultural productivity while the demand for food continues to escalate. The world …

Take your knowledge of fishes to the next level Fishes of the World, Fifth Edition is the only
modern, phylogenetically based classification of the world's fishes. The updated text offers …

In cryptic amphibian complexes, there is a growing trend to equate high levels of genetic
structure with hidden cryptic species diversity. Typically, phylogenetic structure and distance …

The Gobiiformes is one of the most diverse orders of the Percomorphs, with approximately
2000 species in 270 genera. They represent 5 to 10% of all teleosts, with species occurring …

Background and aims: Considering the promising use of DNA barcoding for species
identification, the importance of the freshwater fish fauna of the Paraíba do Sul River Basin …

Cryptic taxa present unique difficulties in the description of biological diversity, which DNA
sequencing approaches often readily resolve. The tubenose goby Proterorhinus, along with …

The recognition of cryptic species concealed in traditionally established species may reveal
new biogeographical patterns and alter the understanding of how biodiversity is …

Background and aims. We analyzed a small and wide geographically distributed
Neotropical freshwater fish, the Piabina argentea from the Upper Paraná Basin, to check the …

This paper reviews progress in research on taxonomy and systematics of larval marine and
estuarine fishes in the Indo-Pacific since the first Indo-Pacific Fish Conference in 1981. In …