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Front cover illustration: Pseudolithoxus dumus, family Loricariidae (see Plate 12, Figure G). Illustrations facing each section: For the Introduction, montage of radiographs of fishes from the rivers of the Guiana Shield, upper left – Rhaphiodon vulpinis, Cynodontidae; upper right – Prochilodus mariae, Prochilodontidae; center – Serrasalmus irritans, Characidae, Serrasalminae; lower left – Corydoras filamentosus, Callichthyidae; and lower right, Sternarchorhynchus roseni, Apteronotidae, mature male with enlarged dentary dentition. Images and plate prepared by S. Raredon. For the Fishes of the Guiana Shield, Acnodon oligocanthus (Serrasalminae, juvenile) from Steindachner, F. 1915. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe, Wien 93:15–105 (date based on release of separates of main work published in 1917). For the Guide to the Checklist, Acroronia nassa (Cichlidae) from Steindachner, F. 1875. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe, Wien 71:61–137. For the Photographic Atlas of Fishes of the Guiana Shield, Leptodoras hasemani (Doradidae) from Steindachner, F. 1915. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe, Wien 93:15–105 (date based on release of separates of main work published in 1917). Preferred citations: Vari, R. P., C. J. Ferraris, Jr., A. Radosavljevic, & V. A. Funk, eds., 2009. Checklist of the freshwater fishes of the Guiana Shield.—Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington, no. 17. or, e.g., Vari, R. P., & C. J. Ferraris, Jr. 2009. Fishes of the Guiana Shield. In Vari, R. P., C. J. Ferraris, Jr., A. Radosavljevic, & V. A. Funk, eds., 2009. Checklist of the freshwater fishes of the Guiana Shield.—Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington, no. 17. ii
CONTENTS CONTRIBUTORS. . . ......................................................... iv ABSTRACT . . . ............................................................. vii INTRODUCTION. . . ......................................................... Vicki A. Funk and Carol L. Kelloff 1 FISHES OF THE GUIANA SHIELD. ............................................. Richard P. Vari and Carl J. Ferraris, Jr. 9 GUIDE TO THE CHECKLIST . ................................................. Aleksandar Radosavljevic 21 CHECKLIST. . . ............................................................. 25 Pristiformes . ............................................................. 25 Mylobatiformes . . ......................................................... 25 Osteoglossiformes. ......................................................... 25 Anguilliformes . . . ......................................................... 25 Clupeiformes ............................................................. 25 Characiformes . . . ......................................................... 25 Siluriformes . ............................................................. 36 Gymnotiformes . . ......................................................... 45 Cyprinodontiformes . . . ..................................................... 47 Beloniformes ............................................................. 48 Synbranchiformes. ......................................................... 48 Perciformes . ............................................................. 48 Pleuronectiformes. ......................................................... 51 Tetraodontiformes ......................................................... 51 Lepidosireniformes ......................................................... 51 PHOTOGRAPHIC ATLAS OF FISHES OF THE GUIANA SHIELD. ..................... Mark Sabaj Pérez INTRODUCTION 53 APPENDIX: PLATES ..................................................... 61 INDEX TO ORDERS, FAMILIES, AND SUBFAMILIES . ............................. 95 iii
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