FIGURE 2. Sample of Characiformes species endemic to the Northeastern Mata Atlântica ecoregion. (A) Hypomasticus santanai, (B) Leporinus bahiensis, (C) Leporinus melanopleurodes, (D) Megaleporinus brinco, (E) Megaleporinus gaiero (Photos by J.L.O. Birindelli); (F) Brycon dulcis; (G) Brycon ferox; (H) Brycon howesi; (I) Brycon vermelha; (J) Brycon vonoi (Photos by Lima 2017); (K) Astyanax brucutu (Photo by Zanata et al. 2017); (L) Astyanax epiagos; (M) Astyanax jacobinae (Photos by Zanata & Camelier 2008); (N) Astyanax lorien; (O) Astyanax rupestris (Photos by Zanata et al. 2018); (P) Astyanax varii (Photo by Zanata et al. 2019); (Q) Astyanax vermillion; (R) Deuterodon burgerai (Photos by Zanata & Camelier 2009); (S) Hasemania piatan (Photo by Zanata & Serra 2010); (T) Hyphessobrycon brumado (Photo by Zanata & Camelier 2010); (U) Characidium deludens (Photo by Zanata & Camelier 2015); (V) Characidium helmeri (Photo by Zanata et al. 2015); (W) Characidium kamakan (Photo by Zanata & Camelier 2015); (X) Characidium samurai (Photo by Zanata & Camelier 2014).

Published as part of Vieira-Guimarães, Felipe, Martins-Pinheiro, Ronaldo Fernando & Sarmento-Soares, Luisa Maria, 2024, Freshwater fishes of the Northeastern Mata Atlântica ecoregion, Brazil: an updated checklist with distributional patterns of a highly endemic ichthyofauna, pp. 1-72 in Zootaxa 5475 (1) on page 8, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5475.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/12731090