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Published in Scientific Data, our database provides the most complete fish species distribution records covering the whole Amazon drainage, with 2,406 validated freshwater native fish species, 232,936 georeferenced records, results from an extensive survey of species distribution including 590 different sources (e.g. published articles, grey literature, online biodiversity databases and scientific collections from museums and universities worldwide) and field expeditions conducted during the project.
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In this paper, published in Conservation Biology, we identified biodiversity hotspots based on 3 ecological criteria and 6 conservation templates to provide a set of alternative planning solutions for freshwater fish protection in the Amazon Basin.
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In this paper, published in Science Advances, we evaluated the importance of ecological and historical drivers of fish diversity across the Amazon River basin.
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A new species of the genus Rineloricaria was described from the upper Vaupés River, upper Amazon basin, in Colombia, by members of the Amazon Fish consortium.
This study increases to four the number of species of Rineloricaria for the Amazon Basin in Colombia and shows how the taxon richness of this genus is underestimated, several new species are still to be described.
Published in Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, sept. 2018

In a new paper, published in January in Science Advances, researchers from the Florida International University in Miami and the AMAZON-FISH consortium document how Andes-to-Amazon river connectivity is being altered by a wave of new hydropower development.

El jueves 18 de Enero en el municipio de Puerto Nariño, Amazonas, Colombia, se firmó un Memorando de Entendimiento entre el Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible y el proyecto AMAZON FISH.

Del 26 al 28 de octubre del 2017, la ciudad de Cochabamba, Bolivia, fue sede del primer Congreso Boliviano de Ictiología : de los peces a la gestión pesquera.

A new study, published this week in Journal of Applied Ecology, demonstrates that spatial patterns of fish biodiversity are associated with forest cover See article

Amazon Fish: cómo usar los datos para conservar los peces
La historia detrás de la base de datos más completa y depurada sobre los peces de agua dulce del Amazonas.

Bases técnicas para el manejo y aprovechamiento del paiche (Arapaima gigas) en la cuenca amazónica boliviana. INIAF-IDRC-Editorial INIA, Bolivia