Global diversity of fish (Pisces) in freshwater

By C. Lévêque, T. Oberdorff, D. Paugy, M. Stiassny, P. Tedesco. Hydrobiologia, 2007

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Subfields: Aquatic Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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The Fishes of the Amazon: Distribution and Biogeographical Patterns, with a Comprehensive List of Species (2019, background): “Estimates of fish diversity in continents follow Lévêque et al. (2008), except for Europe, which is based on Kottelat and Freyhof (2007); South America, based on Reis et al. (2016); and Central America, based on Matamoros et al. (2015).”
Life history trait diversity of native freshwater fishes in North America (2010, background): “Freshwater fishes are among the most diverse groups of vertebrates in the world, exhibiting extraordinary taxonomic breadth, endemism, and geographic scope in their distribution (Lévêque et al. 2008).”
Effective monitoring of freshwater fish (2019, background): “At approximately 13,000 species, freshwater fish represent 40-45% of global fish diversity (Lévêque et al., 2008), but this highly diverse group includes some of the most imperilled animals on the planet (Cooke et al.”
The Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment: an overview of the results (2008, background): “Considering that the total global number of fish species is presently estimated at ca. 29,000 species (Lévêque et al., 2008, present volume), this means that nearly 50% of all fish species inhabit fresh and brackish waters (15,062 species, 12,470 of which are strictly freshwater).”
Environmental enrichment reduces maladaptive risk-taking behavior in salmon reared for conservation (2011, background): “Escalating human impacts have resulted in a severe reduction in biodiversity (Allan et al., 2005; Lévêque et al., 2008), leading to an increased reliance on reintroduction and captive-breeding programmes for restoring endangered and over exploited species (Seddon et al., 2007; IUCN, 2008).”
Speciation in Freshwater Fishes (2014, background): “Entire freshwater fish faunas of small and large oceanic islands in both hemispheres, including New Zealand and Iceland, are derived from marine ancestors, as are substantial fractions of the freshwater fish faunas of Madagascar and Australia (Leveque et al. 2008).”
Worldwide freshwater fish homogenization is driven by a few widespread non-native species (2016, background): “However, at the global scale, the biogeographic regions (also called realms) are characterized by distinct freshwater fish fauna (Lévêque et al. 2008) and the effects of non-native species on change in dissimilarity is likely to be uneven among them within a realm since the most occurring ones may…”
Application of species distribution models and conservation planning software to the design of a reserve network for the riverine fishes of northeastern Mesoamerica (2011, background): “, 2008), which have extensive freshwater ecosystems and globally high levels of fish diversity and endemism (Amarasinghe & Welcomme, 2002; Abell et al., 2008; Leveque et al., 2008).”
Conservation biogeography of freshwater fishes: recent progress and future challenges (2010, background): “This constrained geography is at least partially responsible for the fantastic diversity of freshwater fishes seen around the world (Berra, 2001; Lévêque et al., 2008).”
Fish Invasions in the World's River Systems: When Natural Processes Are Blurred by Human Activities (2008, background): “, 80% of all freshwater species described [47] and 1,055 river basins covering more than 80% of Earth’s surface).”