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Freshwater fishes of the Northeastern Mata Atlântica ecoregion, Brazil: an updated checklist with distributional patterns of a highly endemic ichthyofauna
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- 1. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas (Biologia Animal), Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), Campus Goiabeiras. Av. Fernando Ferrari, 514, Goiabeiras, CEP 29075-910, Vitória, ES, Brazil. & felipevieiragui@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9920-9178
- 2. Instituto Nossos Riachos. Estrada de Itacoatiara, 356, Itacoatiara, CEP 24348-095, Niterói, RJ, Brazil. & pinheiro.martins@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1839-133X
- 3. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas (Biologia Animal), Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), Campus Goiabeiras. Av. Fernando Ferrari, 514, Goiabeiras, CEP 29075-910, Vitória, ES, Brazil. & Instituto Nossos Riachos. Estrada de Itacoatiara, 356, Itacoatiara, CEP 24348-095, Niterói, RJ, Brazil.
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Vieira-Guimarães, Felipe, Martins-Pinheiro, Ronaldo Fernando, Sarmento-Soares, Luisa Maria (2024): Freshwater fishes of the Northeastern Mata Atlântica ecoregion, Brazil: an updated checklist with distributional patterns of a highly endemic ichthyofauna. Zootaxa 5475 (1): 1-72, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5475.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5475.1.1
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