1997 NIA Meeting

The Neotropical Ichthyological Association met at the Museu de Ciências e Tecnologia - PUCRS (MCP), Porto Alegre, Brazil, between 20 and 26 June, 1997, during the Internatinal Symposium on Phylogeny and Classification of Neotropical Fishes. Papers presented in the NIA Meeting are listed below.

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

• Mireille Gayet and Michel Jégu - A new Characoid (Erythrinidae or new family) from Maastrichtian and early late Paleocene formations of Bolivia.
• Antonio Machado-Allison and William L. Fink - The species of piranhas, genera: Pygopristis, Pygocentrus, Pristobrycon and Serrasalmus of Venezuela.
• Paulo Petry - Quantitative shape analysis of Serrasalminae otoliths.
• Jorge A. Dergam, William C. Black IV, Jorge Porto and Eliana Feldberg - Phylogeography and chromosomal evolution within the Hoplias malabaricus Bloch, 1794 (Erythrinidae, Characiformes, Ostariophysi) species complex.
• Jorge I. R. Porto, John R. Gold and Michel Jégu - Mitochondrial DNA phylogeography of Mylesinus paraschomburgkii (Characiformes, Serrasalmidae) from the eastern Amazon basin as inferred from sequence data.
• Guillermo Ortí and Eldredge Bermingham - Preliminary results from a survey of mtDNA variation among Prochilodus species (Characiformes) from several river drainages in South America.
• Julio Cesar Garavello and Pedro Manoel Galetti Junior - Studies on a monophyletic lineage of the large and specialized fishes of genus Leporinus in South America (Pisces, Characiformes, Anostomidae).
• Barry Chernoff and Antonio Machado-Allison - Phylogenetic relationships and morphometrics of the characid fishes, genus Byconops.
• Gloria Arratia and Hugo Campos - Karyotypes of diplomystid and certain Loricarioid catfishes.
• Arturo Acero P. - Redescription of "Arius" platypogon Günther (Siluriformes: Ariidae), with comments on its ecology, distribution and relationships.
• Luisa M. Soares-Porto - Comments on miniaturization within Gelanoglanis Bölhke (Siluriformes, Auchenipteridae, Centromochlinae).
• Jean Bocquentin, Michel Jégu, and Paulo Brito - An extinct Phractocephalus species (Siluriformes, Pimelodidae) from the Mio-Pliocene Solimões formation of Acre State, Brazil.
• Marcelo Britto - Phylogeny of the subfamily Corydoradinae (Siluriformes : Callichthyidae).
• James S. Albert and William Crampton - Three new species of Gymnotus (Gymnotiformes, Teleostei) from central Amazonia, with descriptions of electric organ discharges and ecology.
• Frank Kirschbaum, Annemarie Cöllen and Margarete Burek - Comparative data on anatomical and cytological features of electric organs in the genus Eigenmannia in the context of systematics.
• Carlos A. Lasso - Comparative biology and ecology of the cichlid fishes in the Venezuelan Llanos.
• Philippe Keith, Pierre Yves Le Bail and Michel Jégu - Inventories and distribution of French Guiana freshwater fishes.
• Frank Kirschbaum - New aspects concerning the cyclical reproduction of tropical freshwater fishes.

POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Exposed from Monday to Friday in the Arts Room

• Adriana Elbia Aquino - The eye-muscles in the Hypoptopomatinae catfishes (Siluriformes, Loricariidae).
• Adriane Pinto Wasko and Pedro Manoel Galetti Junior - Evolutionary and cytotaxonomic considerations on the genus Bryconamericus (Pisces, Characidae, Tetragonopterinae).
• Amalia M. Miquelarena and Roberto C. Menni - Rhamdella sp. nov. (Siluriformes, Pimelodidae), from subtropical Argentina.
• Andréa Garcia de Oliveira and Nelson Ferreira Fontoura - Reproductive biology of Lycengraulis grossidens Agassiz, 1829 (Teleostei, Engraulididae) in a coastal lagoon, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
• Andréa Garcia de Oliveira and Nelson Ferreira Fontoura - The stomach contents of Lycengraulis grossidens Agassiz, 1829 (Teleostei, Engraulididae) in a coastal lagoon, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
• Ângela Zanata - Study of the phylogenetic relationships of the genus Brycon Müller & Troschel, 1844 (Characiformes; Characidae).
• Beatrice M. Parisi - Osteological variability among the Pimelodus blochii Group.
• Carla Simone Pavanelli and Heraldo A. Britski - Description of a new species of Steindachnerina Fowler (Characiformes: Curimatidae) from Corumbá River, upper Paraná River basin, Goiás State, Brazil.
• Carlos Augusto de Figueiredo - Osteological and morphometric description of three species of the genus Pamphorichthys Regan, 1913 (Poeciliidae; Cyprinodontiformes), P. hollandi (Henn, 1916), P. hasemani (Henn, 1916), and P. araguaiensis Costa (1991).
• Carlos Roberto S. F.Bizerril - Freshwater fish fauna of the rio Ribeira basin, SP, Brazil: taxonomic diversification and biogeographic patterns.
• Carlos Roberto S. F.Bizerril - The relationship between fluvial morphology and biodiversity and its application in the process of environmental evaluation.
• Carlos Roberto S. F.Bizerril and Neuza Rejane W. Lima - Dynamic biogeography of southeastern Brazilian freshwater fishes.
• Cesar Martins and Pedro M. Galetti Junior - An approach of the evolutionary history of Schizodon (Anostomidae, Characiformes) based on cytogenetic characters.
• Cesar Roman-Valencia - The trophic ecology of Creagrutus brevipinnis Eigenmann, 1913 (Pisces, Characiformes, Characidae) in the Vieja River basin, alto Cauca, Colombia.
• Daniela Gelain, Marco A. Azevedo, Filipe A. G. Melo, Clarice B. Fialho and Luiz R. Malabarba - Comparative study of the reproductive biology of internally and externally fertilized characids.
• Edson H. L. Pereira - Taxonomic revision of the genus Hemipsilichthys Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889 (Teleostei, Siluriformes, Loricariidae).
• Edson S. Vidal - Review of the species of Pimelodus from rio Uruguai and laguna dos Patos drainages (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Pimelodidae).
• Eleonora Trajano and Flávio Bockmann - Relictual distribution in subterranean organisms: cave fishes from northeastern Brazil.
• Fernando G. Becker, Sandra M. Hartz, Clarice B. Fialho and Willi Bruschi Jr - Comparison of fish species composition in different water bodies of rio Tramandaí drainage, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
• Fernando J. Meijide and Graciela A. Guerrero - Characterization of the reproductive behavior and early life history stages of Cichlasoma dimerus (Heckel, 1840) (Perciformes, Cichlidae) under laboratory conditions.
• Fernando P. L. Marques - On the origins and monophyly of the neotropical freshwater stingrays and their parasites: a total evidence approach.
• Flora M. C. Fernandes-Matioli, S.R. Matioli, Lurdes F. Almeida-Toledo and S. A. Toledo-Filho - Amplification of DNA markers using single primers of simple sequence repeats: a good marker in Gymnotidae (Pisces: Gymnotiformes) studies.
• Francisca Lúcia Rodrigues de Barros - Morphological variation and color pattern in Phalloceros caudimaculatus (Hensel, 1868) population of coastal drainages of the Rio Grande do Sul (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae: Cnesterodontini).
• Gil Ortiz Santos and Nelson F. Fontoura - Reproductive biology of Geophagus brasiliensis (Teleostei: Perciformes: Cichlidae), at Águas Belas reservoir (Viamão, RS, Brazil).
• Gizelani M. Guazzelli - Revision of the species of Pimelodella Eigenmann & Eigenamnn, 1888 (Teleostei; Siluriformes; Pimelodidae) in the river systems of south and southeastern Brazil.
• Graciela Garcia, Gabriela Wlasiuk and Enrique P. Lessa - High levels of mitochondrial cytochrome B divergence and phylogenetic relationships in the annual killifishes of the genus Cynolebias Steindachner 1876 (Cyprinodontiformes, Rivulidae).
• Gustavo Graciolli, Marco A. Azevedo and Filipe A. G. Melo - Comparative study of the feeding behavior of some glandulocaudines and tetragonopterines (Ostariophysi: Characidae).
• Isabel C. Santana and Julio C. Garavello - Systematics of Pareiorhina Gosline from southeastern Brazil, South America (Ostariophysi, Loricariidae).
• John G. Lundberg and Larry G. Marshall - A history of tropical South American rivers: 89 ma to recent.
• José F. Pezzi da Silva - Taxonomic review of Bryconamericus species from Southeastern Brazil (Ostariophysi, Characidae).
• José Sabino and Eleonora Trajano - A new species of blind armoured catfish, genus Ancistrus, from caves of Bodoquena region, Mato Grosso do Sul, southeastern Brazil.
• Julio E. Crespo, Oscar Dmaz and Gonzalo Gajardo - Allozyme and morphological divergence in naturalized populations of rainbow trout from Chile.
• Lilian Casatti - Taxonomy and phylogenetic relationships of South American freshwater Sciaenidae (Perciformes, Percoidei).
• Lisiane Hahn, Luis Fernando da Câmara and Janaina Bruschi - Composition and similarity of the fish fauna of the Passo Fundo River drainage, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
• Luciano B. Beheregaray, Jose A. Levy and Germano Phonlor - Speciation of Odontesthes argentinensis (Atheriniformes: Atherinopsidae) in Patos Lagoon estuary, Brazil: the importance of population genetic structure assessment in classification and phylogeny of neotropical silversides.
• Luís Fernando dos Reis Guterres, Nelson Ferreira Fontoura and Patrícia Macedo de Castro-Guterres - Reproductive biology of Platanicthys platana (Regan, 1917) (Teleostei, Clupeidae) in the canal Cornélios, Terra de Areia, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
• Mauro L. Triques - Morphological phylogenetic evidence on infraorder Gymnotia (Gymnotiformes: Ostariophysi).
• Mauro L. Triques - On the monophyly of Gymnotus Linnaeus, 1758 (Gymnotiformes: Ostariophysi).
• Miriam Sant’Anna Ghazzi - The genus Rineloricaria (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) in the upper Uruguay River: high diversity in a small area.
• Ning Labbish Chao, Paulo Petry, Maria Lucia Goés Araújo, Evaldete Ferraz de Oliveira Randall, Gregory Prang, José A. Alves-Gomes and Richard C. Vogt - Project Piaba - towards a sustainable ornamental fishery in the Rio Negro basin.
• Paulo C. Venere and Pedro M. Galetti Junior - Cytogenetic and phylogeny of Characiformes with emphasis in Anostomidae, Chilodontidae, Curimatidae, Prochilodontidae, Hemiodontidae and Parodontidae.
• Ricardo Campos-da-Paz - Structure and development of the urohyal in Gymnotiformes (Teleostei: Ostariophysi).
• Rodrigo A. Torres, Fausto Foresti and Cláudio Oliveira - Cytotaxonomyc diagnosis and phylogenetic relationship of probable four species of the genus Trichomycterus (Siluriformes, Trichomycterinae, Trichomycteridae) from Tiete and Paranapanema River basins, southeastern Brazil.
• Sonia Muller - Allozyme variation and genetic relationships within the genus Ancistrus (Siluriformes, Loricariidae).
• Tatiana X. Abreu - The phylogenetic relationships of the catfish genera of the Sorubiminae subfamily (Siluriformes, Pimelodidae).
• Vinicius de Araújo Bertaco - Relative frequency distribution of total length of Astyanax bimaculatus, Astyanax fasciatus (Characidae) and Parapimelodus nigribarbis (Pimelodidae) in the Guaíba Lake, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
• Walter L. A. Santos and Roberto E. Reis - Behavioral characters of Gymnogeophagus species (Perciformes, Cichlidae) and their phylogenetic content.
• Walter R. Koch - A revision of the trichomycterid genus Homodiaetus Eigenmann & Ward, 1907 (Teleostei: Siluriformes).
• Zilda Margarete S. de Lucena - Two new species of Phenacogaster Eigenmann, 1907 and comments on its nominal species (Characiformes).