Publications

2023

DA SILVA JPCB, SHIMADA K, DATOVO A

The importance of the appendicular skeleton for the phylogenetic reconstruction of lamniform sharks (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii)

Journal of Morphology, 284: e21585

OHARA W, PASTANA MNL, CAMELIER P

The monophyly of Crenuchinae (Teleostei, Crenuchidae) with the description of two new species of Poecilocharax from the rio Madeira basin, Brazil

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 197(2): 442–473

PASTANA MNL, JOHNSON GD, MUNDY B, DATOVO A

A new gelatinous host for pelagic fishes: first record of an association between driftfishes (Stromateiformes, Ariommatidae) and nudibranchs (Mollusca, Phylliroidae)

Journal of Fish Biology, Early View

PRESTI P, JOHNSON GD, DATOVO A

Untangling the threads: phylogenetic relationships of threadfins (Percomorphacea: Perciformes: Polynemidae)

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Early View

2022

DUTRA G, VITA G, GENTILE P, OCHOA LE, NETO-FERREIRA A

Integrative taxonomy reveals a new species of Cyphocharax (Characiformes: Curimatidae) from the Upper Paraíba do Sul River basin, Brazil

Neotropical Ichthyology 20(3): e220017

PASTANA MNL, GIRARD MG, BARTICK M, JOHNSON GD

A novel fish-gelata association between larval and juvenile Erythrocles schlegelii (Teleostei: Emmelichthyidae) and pelagic tunicates

Ichthyology and Herpetology, 110(4): 675–679

PASTANA MNL, JOHNSON GD, DATOVO A

Comprehensive phenotypic phylogenetic analysis supports the monophyly of stromateiform fishes (Teleostei: Percomorphacea)

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 195: 841-963

PEIXOTO LAW, CAMPOS-DA-PAZ R, MENEZES NA, DE SANTANA CDCM, TRIQUES M, DATOVO A

Systematics of Neotropical electric knifefish Tembeassu (Gymnotiformes, Apteronotidae)

Systematics and Biodiversity, 20: 1-19

PEIXOTO LAW, DE PINNA MCC

Patterns of diversification and phylogenetic structure in the dorsolateral head musculature of Neotropical electric eels (Ostariophysi: Gymnotiformes), with a myological synonymy

Neotropical Ichthyology, 20: 1-177

TONELLA LH, RUARO R, DAGA VS, GARCIA DAZ, VITORINO OBL, DE MAGALHÃES T, REIS RE, DI DARIO F, PETRY AC, MINCARONE MM, MONTAG LF, POMPEU PS, TEIXEIRA AAM, CARMASSI AL, SÁNCHEZ AJG, PÉREZ A, BONO A, DATOVO A et al.

Neotropical Freshwater Fishes: A dataset of occurrence and abundance of freshwater fishes in the Neotropics

Ecology, 104 (4): e3713

2021

ABRAHÃO VP, BALLEN GA, PASTANA MNL, SHIBATTA OA

Ontogeny of the brain of Microglanis garavelloi Shibatta and Benine 2005 (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Pseudopimelodidae)

Journal of Morphology, 282(4): 489-499

DA SILVA JPCB, DATOVO A

A reappraisal of the pectoral skeleton of lantern sharks (Elasmobranchii: Squaliformes: Etmopteridae)

Journal of Morphology, 282(3): 408-418

DE SANTANA CD, PARENTI LR, DILLMAN CB, CODDINGTON JA, BASTOS DA, BALDWIN CC, ZUANON J, TORRENTE-VILARA G, COVAIN R, MENEZES N, DATOVO A, SADO T, MIYA M

The critical role of natural history museums in advancing eDNA for biodiversity studies: a case study with Amazonian fishes

Scientific Reports 11(1): 18159

DUTRA GM, PEIXOTO LAW, ABRAHAO VP, WOSIACKI WB, MENEZES NA, DE SANTANA CDC

Morphology-based phylogeny of Eigenmanniinae Mago-Leccia, 1978 (Teleostei: Gymnotiformes: Sternopygidae), with a new classification

Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 59: 2010-2059

DUTRA GM, PEIXOTO LAW, OCHOA LE, OHARA WM, DE SANTANA CD, MENEZES NA, DATOVO A

A new species of Amazonian bluntnose knifefish Brachyhypopomus (Gymnotiformes: Hypopomidae), with comments on its phylogenetic position

Systematics and Biodiversity, DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2021.1877844

PEIXOTO LAW, DATOVO A, MENEZES NA, DE SANTANA CD

A new species of sexually dimorphic and rheophilic ghost knifefish (Apteronotidae: Gymnotiformes) from the Amazon basin

Journal of Fish Biology, 98(3): 803-816

PEIXOTO LAW, DUTRA GM, DATOVO A, MENEZES NA, DE SANTANA CD

The description of a rare and critically endangered species of ghost knifefish from the Amazon Basin (Ostariophysi: Gymnotiformes: Apteronotidae).

Ichthyology & Herpetology, 109: 1002-1009

PEIXOTO LAW, PASTANA MNL, BALLEN GA

New species of glass knifefish genus Eigenmannia (Gymnotiformes: Sternopygidae) with comments on the morphology and function of the enlarged cephalic lateral-line canals of Sternopygidae

Journal of Fish Biology 98:142-153

SLOBODIAN V, ABREU-SANTOS B, PASTANA MNL

The rediscovery of Pimelodella longipinnis (Borodin, 1927), an enigmatic Atlantic Rainforest catfish species from Southeastern Brazil (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae)

Papeis avulsos do Museu de Zoologia, 61: 1–13

2020

DA SILVA JPCB, DATOVO A

The coracoid bar and its phylogenetic importance for elasmobranchs (Chondrichthyes)

Zoologischer Anzeiger, 287: 167-177

DUTRA GM, FREITAS TMS, PRUDENTE BS, SALVADOR GN, LEÃO MDV, PEIXOTO LAW, MENDONÇA MB, NETTO-FERREIRA AL, SILVA FR, MONTAG LFA, WOSIACKI WB

Rapid assessment of the ichthyofauna of the southern Guiana Shield tributaries of the Amazonas River in Pará, Brazil

Acta Amazonica, 50(1): 24-36

OCHOA LE, DATOVO A, DONASCIMIENTO C, ROXO F, SABAJ MH, CHANG J, MELO BF, SILVA GSC, FORESTI F, ALFARO M, OLIVEIRA C

Phylogenomic analysis of trichomycterid catfishes (Teleostei: Siluriformes) inferred from ultraconserved elements

Scientific Reports, 10: 2697

PRESTI P, JOHNSON GD, DATOVO A

Anatomy and evolution of the pectoral filaments of threadfins (Polynemidae)

Scientific Reports, 10: 17751

PRESTI P, JOHNSON GD, DATOVO A

Facial and gill musculature of polynemid fishes, with notes on their possible relationships with sciaenids (Percomorphacea: Perciformes)

Journal of Morphology, 281(6): 662-675

VITA G, CAMELIER P, ZANATA A

Ichthyofauna of the remarkably crystalline rio Pratinha, upper rio Paraguaçu basin, Chapada Diamantina, Brazil: inventory and conservation status

Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, DOI: 10.1080/01650521.2020.1758601

VITA G, FERREIRA MTO, TAVECHIO W, GUIDELLI G

Fishes from the rio da Dona, a threatened environment in the Recôncavo Sul basin, Bahia, Brazil

Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia (Sao Paulo), 60: e20206008

VITA G, ZANATA A, DATOVO A

Anatomy and ontogenetic changes of the facial and gular musculature of the tetra Astyanax brucutu: A remarkable case of adaptation to durophagy

Journal of Anatomy, Early View

2019

ABRAHAO VP, PASTANA MNL, MARINHO M

On a remarkable sexual dimorphic trait in the Characiformes related to the olfactory organ and description of a new miniature species of Tyttobrycon Géry (Characiformes: Characidae)

PlosOne 14(12): e0226130

DE SANTANA CD, CRAMPTON WGR, DILMANN CB, FREDERICO RG, SABAJ MH, COVAIN R, READY J, ZUANON J, OLIVEIRA RR, MENDES-JUNIOR RN, BASTOS D, TEIXEIRA T, MOL J, OHARA W, CASTRO E CASTRO N, PEIXOTO LAW, NAGAMACHI C, SOUSA L, MONTAG LFA, RIBEIRO F, WADDELL JC, PIORSKI NM, VARI RP, WOSIACKI W

Unexpected species diversity in electric eels with a description of the strongest living bioelectricity generator

Nature Communications 10: 4000

MARINHO MMF, PEIXOTO LAW, LOBODA TS, DE PINNA MCC, BRITSKI H, MENEZES NA, FIGUEIREDO JL, OYAKAWA O, GIANETI M, DATOVO A

The Ichthyological Collection at Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo

Boletim da Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia, 129: 95-102

PASTANA MNL, DATOVO A, BOCKMANN FA

The cephalic lateral-line system of Characiformes (Teleostei; Ostariophysi): anatomy and phylogenetic implications

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 189(1): 1-46

PEIXOTO LAW, DATOVO A, CAMPOS-DA-PAZ R, DE SANTANA CD, MENEZES NA

Anatomical, taxonomic and phylogenetic reappraisal of a poorly known species of ghost knifefish (Ostariophysi: Gymnotiformes) using X-ray microcomputed tomography

PlosOne, 14 (11): e0225342

PEIXOTO LAW, OHARA W

A new species of Eigenmannia Jordan & Evermann (Gymnotiformes: Sternopygidae) from rio Tapajós, Brazil, with discussion on its species group and the myology within Eigenmanniinae

PlosOne, 14 (8): e0220287

SILVA JPCB, DATOVO A, JOHNSON GD

Phylogenetic interrelationships of the eel families Derichthyidae and Colocongridae (Elopomorpha: Anguilliformes) based on the pectoral skeleton

Journal of Morphology, 280: 934-947

ZANATA AM, BURGER R, VITA G, CAMELIER P

A new species of Astyanax (Characiformes: Characidae) from the rio de Contas basin, Bahia, Brazil

Neotropical Ichthyology, 17(3): e190061

2018

BOCKMANN FA, RODRIGUES MT, KOHSLDORF T, STRAKER LC, GRANT T, DE PINNA MCC, MANTELATTO FLM, DATOVO A, POMBAL JP, MCNAMARA JC, DE ALMEIDA EAB, KLEIN W, HSIOU AS, GROPPO M, CASTRO RMC, AMORIM DS

Brazil's government attacks biodiversity

Science, 360: 865