2000 NIA Meeting

The Neotropical Ichthyological Association met at the Hotel Los Arcos, La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico, between 14 and 20 June, 2000, during the 80th Annual Meetings of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. Papers presented in the NIA Meeting are listed below.

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

• Bermingham, E. & V. Aswani- A phylogenetic assessment of the diversification and communuty development of the freshwater fishes across the Central American Isthmus
• Menni, R. C. & A. M. Miquelarena- Fish and environmentsin northwestern Argentina, South America
• Castro, R. M. C & N. A. Menezes- Fish diversity of the headwater streams and tributaries of the upper rio Paraná in the State of São Paulo, southeastern Brazil: preliminary results
• Galacatos, K., R. Barriga Salazar & D. J. Stewart- Seasonality of fish communities of the lower Yasuni National Reserve in the Ecuadorian Amazon
• Winemiller, K. O. & D. B. Jepsen- Food web structure of South American rivers with different biogeochemistry revealed by stable isotypes
• Correa Valencia, S.B.- Fish associations structure in the Taraira Lake, Colombian Amazonia
• Correa Valencia, S.B.- Ichthyofauna of the Taraira Lake, low Apaporis River, Colombian Amazonia
• Arrington, D. A. & K. O. Winemiller- Habitat structure and tropical assemblages: A test of the random associations hypothesis [Best student presentation!!]
• Malabarba, L. R. & S. H. Weitzman- Description of a new genus with six new species of characid fishes from headwaters of streams in southern Brazil, and a discussion of possible relationships to tetragonopterine characids
• Machado, A. A., H. López Rojas, F. Provenzano, & A. Bonilla- Ichthyological studies inVenezuela: 1955-1999
• Downing, M. A., J. R. Burns, S. H. Weitzman, & L. R. Malabarba- Exploring use of reproductive characters in the phylogenetic analysis of characid fishes of the genera of the subfamilies Gladulocaudinae and Cheirodontinae
• Sabaj, M. H.- Taxonomy and phylogenetic relationships of Leptodoras (Siluriformes: Doradidae) and related fimbriated-barbel taxa
• de Pinna, M. C. C.- Revision, phylogeny, and evolution of parasitic catfishes (Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae)
• Morales, D. M. & J. N. Baskin- Comparative morphology and histology of the digestive tract of the teleost family Trichomycteridae: the parasitic catfishes
• Wolmar, W- Relationships pf Ituglanis and Scleronema within the family Trichomycteridae (Teleostei: Siluriformes)
• Britto, M. R.- A new corydoradine catfish (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae), the sister-group of a large clade of Corydoras plus Brochis
• Kaatz, I. M. & P. S. Lobel- Accoustic behavior and reproduction in five species of Corydoras catfishes (Callichthyidae)
• Armbruster, J. W.- New insights in loricarioid systematics and a reappraisal
• Quevedo, R. & R. E. Reis- A new loricariid catfish of the Rhinelepis group (Osteichthys, Siluriformes) from southern Brazil
• Reis, R. E.- Revision of the cascudinhos of the genus Eurycheilichthys (Siluriformes, Loricariidae, Hypoptopomatinae): high species richness in a limited area
• Crampton, W. & J. Albert- A comparison of deep-channel electric fishes assemblage between nutrient poor and nutrient rich rivers of lowland Amazonia
• Albert, J., W. Crampton, & D. Thorsen- Comparison of electric organ and neural characters with habitat parameters in deep-channel electric fishes of the lowland Amazonia, with notes on several new taxa from the Tefé region
• Lovejoy, N. R., A. S. Flecker, D. C. Taphorn, and M. L. G. Araujo- Systematics, biogeography, and population structure of the Neotropical freshwater needlefish genera Potamorrhaphis and Pseudotylosurus
• Figueiredo, C. A.- Phylogeny and taxonomic revision of the genus Pamphorichthys (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae)
• Sivasundar, A., E. Birmingham, & G. Orti- Mitochondrial DNA phylogeography of Prochilodus (Characiformes)
• Di Dario, F.- The relationships among the major groups of Clupeoidei

POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Exposed in the hotel's Ping Pong area

• Bonilla Rivero, A. & H. Lopez Rojas- Morphological and genetic patterns in Gephyrocharax (Characidae: Glandulocaudinae) species in Venezuela
• Craig, M. T.- A re-analysis of phylogenetic relationships among the AQmerican groupers Epinephelus and allied genera (Perciformes: Serranidae) [Best student poster!!]
• Figueiredo, C. A.- A new poeciliid from central South America (Poeciliidae, Poeciliinae, Poeciliini)
• Lundberg, J. G., R. Rodiles Hernandez, D. A. Hendrickson, & J. A. Gomes- A new Pimelodus catfish (Pimelodidae: Siluriformes) from the Brazilian Amazon
• Malabarba, M. C. S. L.- Taxonomic review of the South American genus Triportheus Cope, 1872 (Teleostei: Characidae)
• Miquelarena. A. M., F. A. Bockmann- A new species of Rhamdella from northeastern Argentina (Siluriformes, Heptapteridae)
• Parisi, B. M. & J. G. Lundberg- Assessment of species diversity of Pimelodus with elongate adipose fins (Pimelodidae, Siluriformes)
• Pavanelli, C. S. & H. A. Britski- Review of the "Apareiodon" Eigenmann, 1916 (Pisces, Characiformes) from the Tocantins-Araguaia system, with descriptions of three new species
• Rodiles Hermandez, R., D. A. Hendrickson, J. G. Lundberg, and J. A. Gomes- A new siluriform family from southern Mexico
• Zanata, A. M., M. Toledo-Piza- Phylogenetic relationships and taxonomic revision of Chalceus Cuvier, 1818 (Characiformes, Characidae)
• Zanata, A. M.- Study of the phylogenetic relationships of the genus Brycon Muller & Troschel, 1844 (Characiformes, Characidae)
• Ortí, G., A. Sivasundar, & J. Porto- Phylogeny of the Serrasalminae (Characiformes) based onmitochondrial DNA sequences
• Gonzales Díaz, A. A., R. Rodiles Hernandez, & S. Dominguez Cisneros- Anomalies in fish of Chiapas, Mexico
• Revaldaves, E., J. R. Gold, & E. Renesto- Genetic variation of Prochilodus lineatus from the Platina basin, Brazil
• Lopez Rojas, H. T. Martinez Leones & A. Bonilla Rivero- Morphological changes in Roeboides dayi, Roeboides affinis and Charax notulatus (Characidae, Characinae)
• Max, R. L.- Is it all allometry? a geometric shape analysis of Corydoras
• J. B. Paul, J. R. Burns, & S. H. Weitzman- Gill glands in glandulocaudine fishes (Teleostei: Characidae: Glandulocaudinae)
• Meijide, F. J., F. L. Lonostro, M. Pandolfi, & G. A. Guerrero- Ultrastructural study of the gonadal development of the cichlid fish Cichlasoma dimerus (Heckel, 1840) (Teleostei, Perciformes)
• Chao, L. N., A. Waichmen, G. Prang, P. Petry, J. Porto, L. Sonneschien, & S. Dowd- Keep a fish, save a tree - Project Piaba: To further develop and maintain a sustainable live ornamental fisheries in the rio Negro basin, Amazonas, Brazil
• Cohen, A. E.- Habitat use by two trophic morphs of Cichlasoma minckleyi in Cuatr oCienegas, Coahuila, Mexico
• Machado, A. A., B. Chernoff, C. Lasso, H. Lopez Rojas, A. Bonilla Rivero, F. Provenzano, & C. Silvera- The fish fauna of the Cuyuni basin in Venezuela
• Milena Muñoz, A.- Natual history of Bryconamericus galvisi in the stream Cecilia and fatima of the Sibundoy Valley
• Maldonado, O. J.- Fishes of the intersection area of the rivers Meta, Bita, and Orinoco in the municipality of Puerto Carreño, Vichada, Colombia
• Mojica, J. I. & G. Galvis- Biogeographic notes concerning the freshwater fish fauna of Colombia