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Cytogenetic identification of invasive fish species following connections between hydrographic basins

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Chromosome analyses were carried out for several fish species in a region impacted by the connection between two hydrographic basins, where a river originally pertaining to the Paraná River basin was transposed to the São Francisco River basin in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The purpose was to assess the dispersal of invasive species from one hydrographic basin to the other and the consequent new geographical distributions of species that had been previously isolated from each other. Species of the families Parodontidae (Apareiodon piracicabae, A. ibitiensis, Parodon hilarii, and P. nasus), Sternopygidae (Eigenmannia virescens), and Gymnotidae (Gymnotus sylvius) were studied. The four species of Parodontidae had 2n = 54 chromosomes, but species-specific karyotype structures, including the presence of the ZZ/ZW sex chromosome system in A. ibitiensis and P. hilarii. Two distinct karyomorphs (A and B) were identified for E. virescens, although with the same diploid number (2n = 38 chromosomes). G. sylvius had 2n = 40 chromosomes. P. hilarii and E. virescens (karyomorph B) are considered to be native to the São Francisco River basin, whereas A. piracicabae, A. ibitiensis, E. virescens (karyomorph A), and G. sylvius are known for the Paraná River basin, and P. nasus is known for the Paraná-Paraguay basin. The presence of the last five species in the São Francisco River basin indicates that they migrated from the Parana River to the São Francisco River basin due to the transposition of the river, and can therefore be considered invasive species in this basin. Moreover, a natural migratory pathway through the former wetland may have affected this dispersal.

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The authors are grateful to IBAMA (Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente (IBAMA/MMA) and to the Instituto Estadual de Floresta (IEF-MG), for authorizing the capture of the fish. This study was financed by FAPESP (Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo), CNPq (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico), CAPES (Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior), and the Araucária Foundation (Fundação Araucária de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico do Estado).

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  1. Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Rodovia Washington Luís (SP 310) Km 235, São Carlos, SP, 13565-905, Brazil

    Elisangela Bellafronte, Orlando Moreira-Filho & Luiz Antônio Carlos Bertollo

  2. Departamento de Biologia Estrutural, Molecular e Genética, Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa, Av. Carlos Cavalcanti, 4748, Ponta Grossa, PR, 84030-900, Brazil

    Marcelo Ricardo Vicari & Roberto Ferreira Artoni

  3. Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná, Rua Universitária 2069, Cascavel, PR, 85819-110, Brazil

    Vladimir Pavan Margarido

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Bellafronte, E., Moreira-Filho, O., Vicari, M.R. et al. Cytogenetic identification of invasive fish species following connections between hydrographic basins. Hydrobiologia 649, 347–354 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-010-0277-9

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