Scott
Schaefer's Fieldwork in Brazil - SAS93
The 1993 Academy of
Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP) and Museo de
Ciencias (MCP), Pontificia Universidad Catolica do Rio
Grande do Sul (PUCRS) in Porto Alegre expedition was the
first of two expeditions to Brazil funded by a grant to
Scott Schaefer from the National Science Foundation in
support of monographic research on Otocinclus. The personnel consisted of S.
Schaefer and W. Saul of ANSP, J. Garavello from UFSCar,
and R. Reis and students from PUCRS. Survey of the
collections at the Museo de Zoological, Universidade de
São Paulo revealed the existence of an undescribed
species of Otocinclus in the Rio São Francisco of eastern
Brazil. The purpose of this expedition was to locate
populations of this (and search for additional)
undescribed Otocinclus species and to obtain a comprehensive
collection of São Francisco fishes for ANSP, MCP, and
MZUSP. Large series of the new Otocinclus (O. xakriaba
Schaefer, 1987) were
obtained from several localities in the vicinity of
Januaria, an area previously collected by J.D. Haseman.
SAS93 Localities and
Specimens
SAS93 Photo
Gallery
