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  1. Isolated in the highlands, found in the museum: A new species of Characidium (Crenuchidae) from a Bolivian National Park, with a <...

    Article • Journal of Fish Biology, March 2026, Wiley

    Leonardo Oliveira-Silva

  2. Fish metacommunity dynamics in an intermittent river of Northeast Brazil: ecological drivers and conservation implications

    Article • Journal for Nature Conservation, January 2026, Elsevier

    Leonardo Oliveira-Silva

  3. A new South American darter (Crenuchidae: Characidium ) from rivers draining the Northeastern Mata Atlantica Freshwater Ecoregion, Brazil: morphologic...

    Article • Journal of Fish Biology, December 2025, Wiley

    Leonardo Oliveira-Silva

  4. Morphological and molecular evidence reveals a new species of Characidium from the Ucayali‐Urubamba Piedmont, Peru, and novel molecular clades are pro...

    Article • Journal of Fish Biology, November 2025, Wiley

    Leonardo Oliveira-Silva

  5. A remarkable new Characidium (Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from tributaries of río Marañón, Loreto, Peru, with unique fin bony processes in both sexes

    Article • Neotropical Ichthyology, January 2025, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Leonardo Oliveira-Silva

  6. Integrative taxonomy reveals a new species of Characidium (Characiformes: Crenuchidae) shared by tributaries of upper Tapajós and Xingu river basins, Brazil

    Article • Journal of Fish Biology, September 2024, Wiley

    Leonardo Oliveira-Silva

  7. Underestimated diversity in Characidium (Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from Neotropical rivers revealed by an integrative approach

    Article • Systematics and Biodiversity, June 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Leonardo Oliveira-Silva

  8. Evolutionary history of neotropical freshwater fish

    Article • Freshwater Biology, August 2023, Wiley

    Leonardo Oliveira-Silva

  9. NEOTROPICAL FRESHWATER FISHES

    Article • Ecology, February 2023, Wiley

    Leonardo Oliveira-Silva, Dr Carlos Alexandre Fernandes, Professor Carlos A. Peres

  10. Phylogeography of Oligosarcus acutirostres

    Article • Neotropical Ichthyology, January 2023, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Leonardo Oliveira-Silva

  11. A new sexually dichromatic miniature Characidium (Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from the rio Guaporé, rio Madeira basin, Brazil, with remarkable morphological novelties to the genus

    Article • Neotropical Ichthyology, January 2023, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Leonardo Oliveira-Silva

  12. New Characidium from the rio Doce basin

    Article • Neotropical Ichthyology, January 2022, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Leonardo Oliveira-Silva

  13. A new species of Characidium (Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from the upper rio São Francisco basin, Minas Gerais, Brazil

    Article • Zootaxa, June 2020, Magnolia Press

    Leonardo Oliveira-Silva

  14. Continental fishes from the Tambaba Environmentally Protected Area, Paraíba State, Brazil

    Article • Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, October 2019, Universidade de Sao Paulo Sistema Integrado de Bibliotecas - SIBiUSP

    Leonardo Oliveira-Silva

  15. Ictiofauna do Parque Estadual Mata do Xém-Xém, bacia do rio Paraíba do Norte, Paraíba, Brasil

    Article • Revista Nordestina de Biologia, May 2019, Portal de Periodicos UFPB

    Leonardo Oliveira-Silva

  16. A new species of Characidium (Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from the rio Parnaíba basin, northeastern Brazil

    Article • Zootaxa, November 2018, Magnolia Press

    Leonardo Oliveira-Silva

  17. Continental ichthyofauna from the Paraíba do Norte River basin pre-transposition of the São Francisco River, Northeastern Brazil

    Article • Biota Neotropica, September 2018, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Leonardo Oliveira-Silva

  18. Ichthyofauna of the Mamanguape river basin, Northeastern, Brazil

    Article • Biota Neotropica, May 2018, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Leonardo Oliveira-Silva