Fish, Ribeirão do Feijão Basin, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil

Abstract

The Ribeirão do Feijão Basin is the main water supplier for the municipality of São Carlos, in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Field work was carried out from February to November 2005, using sieves, casting nets, and drag nets. A total of 7,286 specimens of fish were collected, belonging to 30 species, 13 families and six orders. The richest order was Characiformes with 14 species, followed by Siluriformes with seven.