Bruno Francelino de Melo

Research interests

Publications

• An ecological trait matrix of Neotropical freshwater fishes

  Scientific Data · 2025 · 10.1038/s41597-025-04674-w

• Checklist of the species of the Order Characiformes (Teleostei: Ostariophysi)

  Neotropical Ichthyology · 2024 · 10.1590/1982-0224-2023-0086

• Phylogenomics of Characidae, a hyper-diverse Neotropical freshwater fish lineage, with a phylogenetic classification including four families (Teleostei: Characiformes)

  Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society · 2024 · 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae101

• Checklist of the species of the Order Characiformes (Teleostei: Ostariophysi)

  Neotropical Ichthyology · 2024 · 10.1590/1982-0224-2023-0086

• Phylogenomics of the catfish family Pimelodidae with focus on the genus Pimelodus support the recognition of Sorubiminae and Pimelodinae (Teleostei, Siluriformes)

  Zoologica Scripta · 2024 · 10.1111/zsc.12671

• Ficha de Hypostomus auroguttatus

  Datasets - Sistema SALVE - ICMBio · 2024 · 10.37002/salve.ficha.19382.2

• Ficha de Hypostomus auroguttatus

  Datasets - Sistema SALVE - ICMBio · 2024 · 10.37002/salve.ficha.19382.2

• Phylogenetic Evidence for the Cyphocharax saladensis Clade with Description of a New Species of Cyphocharax Endemic to the Upper Rio Paraguai Basin (Teleostei: Curimatidae)

  Ichthyology & Herpetology · 2022 · 10.1643/i2021057

• Biogeographic reconstruction of the migratory Neotropical fish family Prochilodontidae (Teleostei: Characiformes)

  Zoologica Scripta · 2022 · 10.1111/zsc.12531

• Phylogenomic analysis of the Neotropical fish subfamily Characinae using ultraconserved elements (Teleostei: Characidae)

  Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution · 2022 · 10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107462

• Diversification ofProchilodusin the eastern Brazilian Shield: Evidence from complete mitochondrial genomes (Teleostei, Prochilodontidae)

  Journal of Zoological Systematics & Evolutionary Research · 2021 · 10.1111/jzs.12475

• Evolutionary history of Heptapteridae catfishes using ultraconserved elements (Teleostei, Siluriformes)

  Zoologica Scripta · 2021 · 10.1111/zsc.12493

• Phylogenomics of the bumblebee catfishes (Siluriformes: Pseudopimelodidae) using ultraconserved elements

  Journal of Zoological Systematics & Evolutionary Research · 2021 · 10.1111/jzs.12513

• Biogeography of curimatid fishes reveals multiple lowland–upland river transitions and differential diversification in the Neotropics (Teleostei, Curimatidae)

  Ecology and Evolution · 2021 · 10.1002/ece3.8251

• Accelerated Diversification Explains the Exceptional Species Richness of Tropical Characoid Fishes

  Systematic Biology · 2021 · 10.1093/sysbio/syab040

• Molecular delimitation and taxonomic revision of the wimple piranha Catoprion (Characiformes: Serrasalmidae) with the description of a new species

  Journal of Fish Biology · 2020 · 10.1111/jfb.14417

• A Target Enrichment Bait Set for Studying Relationships among Ostariophysan Fishes

  Copeia · 2020 · 10.1643/cg-18-139

• Phylogenomic analysis of trichomycterid catfishes (Teleostei: Siluriformes) inferred from ultraconserved elements

  Scientific Reports · 2020 · 10.1038/s41598-020-59519-w

• Phylogenomics of the Neotropical fish family Serrasalmidae with a novel intrafamilial classification (Teleostei: Characiformes)

  Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution · 2020 · 10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106945

• Molecular Data Reveal Multiple Lineages in Piranhas of the Genus Pygocentrus (Teleostei, Characiformes)

  Genes · 2019 · 10.3390/genes10050371

• Phylogenomic reappraisal of the Neotropical catfish family Loricariidae (Teleostei: Siluriformes) using ultraconserved elements

  Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution · 2019 · 10.1016/j.ympev.2019.02.017

• Little Divergence Among Mitochondrial Lineages of Prochilodus (Teleostei, Characiformes)

  Frontiers in Genetics · 2018 · 10.3389/fgene.2018.00107

• Molecular phylogenetics of Neotropical detritivorous fishes of the family Curimatidae (Teleostei: Characiformes)

  Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution · 2018 · 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.06.027

• Species delimitation in Neotropical fishes of the genus Characidium (Teleostei, Characiformes)

  Zoologica Scripta · 2018 · 10.1111/zsc.12318

• New species of Parotocinclus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from coastal drainages of Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil

  Zootaxa · 2017 · 10.11646/zootaxa.4232.2.9

• Revision of the South American genus Tetragonopterus Cuvier, 1816 (Teleostei: Characidae) with description of four new species

  Zootaxa · 2016 · 10.11646/zootaxa.4200.1.1

• Cryptic species in the Neotropical fish genus Curimatopsis (Teleostei, Characiformes)

  Zoologica Scripta · 2016 · 10.1111/zsc.12178

• Molecular phylogenetics of the Neotropical fish family Prochilodontidae (Teleostei: Characiformes)

  Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution · 2016 · 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.05.037

• Molecular phylogeny of the Neotropical fish genus Tetragonopterus (Teleostei: Characiformes: Characidae)

  Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution · 2015 · 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.10.022

• Fishes from the Parque Nacional do Pantanal Matogrossense, upper Paraguai River basin, Brazil

  Check List · 2014 · 10.15560/10.1.122

• New species of Cyphocharax (Characiformes: Curimatidae) from the upper rio Negro, Amazon basin

  Neotropical Ichthyology · 2014 · 10.1590/1982-0224-20130153

• The roles of marginal lagoons in the maintenance of genetic diversity in the Brazilian migratory fishes Prochilodus argenteus and P. costatus

  Neotropical Ichthyology · 2013 · 10.1590/s1679-62252013000300016

• The first molecular phylogeny of Chilodontidae (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Characiformes) reveals cryptic biodiversity and taxonomic uncertainty

  Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution · 2013 · 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.09.025

• Morphological and molecular evidence for two new species of Tetragonopterus (Characiformes: Characidae) from central Brazil

  Journal of Fish Biology · 2013 · 10.1111/jfb.12094

• A new species of Tetragonopterus Cuvier, 1816 (Characiformes: Characidae: Tetragonopterinae) from the rio Jari, Amapá, northern Brazil

  Neotropical Ichthyology · 2011 · 10.1590/s1679-62252011000100002

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