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Re: Brazilian Killi Species - State of Bahia



José Roberto de Lima Falcão asked:

>A new problem is which I don't have many
>knowledge of what species I can to find in my state well as I don't know
>where these species are located in. Please, have someone a species list
>which can to be located in the state of Bahia(Brazil) well as their
>locations or know some specie and location?

Killifish known from the state of Bahia include:  Cynolebias albipunctatus,
C. leptocephalus, C. porosus, Simpsonichthys bokermani, S. fulminantis, S.
hellneri, S. myersi, Leptolebias leitaoi, Rivulus bahianus, R. decoratus,
R. depressus and R. urophthalmus.

Locations include:

o	middle Rio Sao Francisco basin, Minas Gerais and Bahia states (S. hellneri)
o	middle Sao Francisco flood plains, Bahia (C. albipunctatus)
o 	stream into Etacao Ecologica Pau-Brasil, Rio Joao de Tiba basin near
Porto Seguro (R. depressus)
o	several locations coastal plains, Caravelas southwards (S. myersi)
o 	Prado (S. myersi)
o 	coastal plains/swamp in Rio Mucuri basin (L. leitaoi)
o 	Mucuri (L. leitaoi & S. myersi)
o 	near bend in the Rio Icatu at Ibiraba (R. decoratus)
o 	near Rio Icatu falls, Ibiraba, in the Sao Francisco basin (R. decoratus)
o 	Guanambi (S. fulminantis, S. hellneri & C. leptocephalus)
o 	Canudos (C. porosus)
o 	70 km. south of Uana, County of Jauzeiro (C. albipunctatus)
o 	Euclides da Cunha (C. porosus)
o 	near Itapoa, in surroundings of Aeroport de Salvador do Bahia
international airport (R. bahianus)
o 	Alagoinhas, Rio Catu just north of Salvador do Bahia (R. bahianus & R.
urophthalmus)
o 	Ilheus, CEPLA or CEPLAC area (S. bokermani)
o 	coastal plains/swamp near Ilheusa (S. bokermani)

Good luck, and take care!

Adeus,

Bill Gallagher
San Rafael, California