rio Araguaia

rio Araguaia → rio Tocantins (⪪) → rio Pará (⪪) → baia de Marajó (⪪) → Atlantic NE (⪪)

Water system: rio Araguaia ( max. 5 steps)

Country

Brazil

Region

Goías, Mato Grosso, Tocantins, Pará

Length

2198 km

General direction

NE 18.92°

Starts near

Serra dos Caiapós

[ -18.031,-53.066 ]

Altitude

760 m

Tributaries
(Without claiming to be exhaustive):

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lagos do Araguaia

[ -13.215,-50.581 ]

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rio Babilônia (⪪)

[ -17.220,-53.166 ]

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ribeirão Beleza (⪪)

[ -10.010,-50.303 ]

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rio Caiapó (⪪)

[ -15.825,-51.880 ]

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corixo do Cascavel (⪪)

[ -13.988,-50.864 ]

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rio Claro (⪪)

[ -15.486,-51.699 ]

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rio Cóco (⪪)

[ -9.235,-49.967 ]

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rio Cordâ (⪪)

[ -6.346,-48.372 ]

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ribeirão Crisóstomo (⪪)

[ -10.316,-50.425 ]

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rio Cristalino (⪪)

[ -12.649,-50.679 ]

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rio Crixás-Açu (⪪)

[ -13.328,-50.615 ]

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rio Diamantino (⪪)

[ -16.126,-52.474 ]

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lago Dumbá Grande

[ -14.450,-50.991 ]

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rio Gameleira

[ -6.138,-48.393 ]

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rio das Garças (⪪)

[ -15.893,-52.256 ]

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rio Inajá (⪪)

[ -8.885,-49.744 ]

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córrego Jaraguá

[ -15.934,-52.258 ]

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rio Javaés (⪪)

[ -9.841,-50.205 ]

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rio Javaezinho (⪪)

[ -9.735,-50.176 ]

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rio Lontra (⪪)

[ -6.500,-48.627 ]

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rio das Mortes (⪪)

[ -11.725,-50.721 ]

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rio Muricizal

[ -6.667,-48.664 ]

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rio do Peixe (⪪)

[ -16.517,-52.629 ]

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rio do Peixe (⪪)

[ -14.107,-50.841 ]

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ribeirão do Peixe 2

[ -15.358,-50.418 ]

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lago Perdidos

˜[ -9.713,-50.139 ]

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rio Piranhas

[ -8.650,-49.468 ]

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lagoa Pirapitinga

[ -13.050,-50.568 ]

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ribeirão Santana

[ -9.785,-50.214 ]

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rio Sucupira

[ -6.300,-48.420 ]

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rio Taquari

[ -5.652,-48.133 ]

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rio Vermelho (⪪)

[ -14.927,-51.090 ]

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ribeirão Xambioa (⪪)

[ -6.424,-48.566 ]

Ends near

São João

Flows in

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rio Tocantins

[ -5.371,-48.728 ]

Altitude

89 m

Pic. 1: rio Araguaia - hinten von rechts nach links rio Araguaia, von unter rechts mündet rio das Mortes

Time, position

Cond.

w.temp.

2000
rainy s.
Cocalinho
[ -14.389,
-50.990 ]

4.00-43.00

25.70-30.50

5.60-6.60

2001
rainy s.
Cocalinho
[ -14.389,
-50.990 ]

3.00-53.00

27.30-30.80

5.40-6.40

2001
dry s.
Cocalinho
[ -14.389,
-50.990 ]

4.00-76.00

27.70-36.50

6.70-8.05

2000
dry s.
Cocalinho
[ -14.389,
-50.990 ]

8.00-55.00

26.10-29.90

6.70-8.05

Fishes of rio Araguaia
(Without claiming to be exhaustive)

Species
Country
Origin

Length
(cm)

AQ
(cm)

T.
(°C)

Bree
ding

Acanthicus hystrix
Spix & Agassiz, 1829

Brazil
Amazonas-Einzug, rio Branco, río Ucayali, rio Trombetas, rio Japurá, rio Madeira, rio Xingu, rio Tocantins, rio Araguaia, río Orinoco?, río Apure?
(Amazonas (BRA), Pará (BRA))

120

300

25 - 30

DATZ

Ageneiosus dentatus
Kner, 1858

Bolivia, Brazil, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
Laguna Capital, Amazonas = rio Solimões, rio Xingu, rio Madeira, rio Purus = río Purús, rio Trombetas, rio Uatumã, rio Japurá = río Caquetá, rio Tocantins, rio Araguaia, río Orinoco, rio Arari, rio Barima = río Barima, lago Berurí, rio Capim, Corantijn River = Courantyne River, rio Jamanxim, rio Parauari, lagoa de Parnaguá, lagos do Pilato, río Quiá-Paraná
(Amazonas, Pará, Piauí, Tocantins,Barima-Waini, East Berbice-Corantijn)

Ageneiosus guianensis = Ageneiosus dentatus

180

unknown

Ancistomus spilomma (L 36)
Cardoso & Lucinda, 2003

Brazil
Rio Tocantins, rio Mosquito, rio Sucupira, rio Araguaia
(Pará (BRA), Goiás, Tocantins, Maranhão)

>20

120

25 - 29

unknown

Ancistrus aguaboensis (L 32)
Fisch-Muller, Mazzoni & Weber, 2001

Brazil
Córrego Água Boa, rio Bonito, rio Araguaia, rio Tocantins
(Pará (BRA), Goias, Tocantins)

24 - 29

fb?

Ancistrus ranunculus (L 34)
Muller, Rapp Py-Daniel, Zuanon, 1994

Brazil
Rio Xingu zwischen Altamira und Belo Monte, Volta Grande, Rio Tocantins-Einzug, Rio Araguaia
(Pará (BRA), Maranhão, Tocantins)

26 - 30

multiple

Ancistrus sp. "Rio Araguaia"

Brazil
Rio Araguaia
(Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Pará (BRA))

unknown

Ancistrus stigmaticus
Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889

Brazil
São Matheos = São Matheus, oberer rio Araguaia-Einzug
(Goias, Espirito Santo)

Ancistrus stigmaticus models at the Natural History Museum in London

120

unknown

Aphanotorulus cf. emarginatus "L 35"
Squaliforma cf. emarginata "L 35"
Steindachner, 1881

Brazil
Rio Araguaia
(Pará (BRA), Goias, Tocantins, Mato Grosso)

Steindachner, Dr. F., 1882 "Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Flussfische Südamerika's II"
Stawikowski, R., 1989 "Vier Harnischwelse aus dem Araguaia und dem Tocantins"
Ray, C.K. & Armbruster, J.W., 2016 "The genera Isorineloricaria and Aphanotorulus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) with description of a new species"

200

25 - 29

unknown

Balroglanis schultzi
Rössel, 1962

Brazil
Rio Araguaia, Serra da Mesa, oberer rio Tocantins-, oberer Rio Xingu-, oberer rio Tapajós-Einzug
(Goiás, Mato Grosso, Amazonas (BRA))

in Great Britain

Baryancistrus niveatus (L 26)
de Castelnau, 1855

Brazil
Rio Tocantins, Rio Araguaia
(Goiás, Pará, Tocantins, Mato Grosso)
IUCN: critical endangered

>30

200

25 - 29

unknown

Centromochlus akwe
Coelho, Chamon & Sarmento-Soares, 2021

Brazil
rio Araguaia

Coelho, F.L.; Chamon, C.C. & Sarmento-Soares, L.M., 2021 "A new species of driftwood catfish Centromochlus Kner, 1858 (Siluriformes, Auchenipteridae, Centromochlinae) from Tocantins-Araguaia River drainage" (abstract)

unknown

Cetopsis candiru
Spix & Agassiz, 1829

Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru
Amazonas-Einzug, rio Iça, rio Jutaí, rio Juruá
(Pará (BRA), Amazonas (BRA), Amazonas (PER), Acre, Tocantins)

unknown

Cetopsis coecutiens
Lichtenstein, 1819

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela
Amazonas = rio Solimões, rio Xingu, rio Tapajós, rio Madeira, río Mamoré, rio Purus = río Purús, rio Trombetas, rio Negro, río Napo, río Ucayali, río Marañón, rio Pará = rio do Pará, rio Tocantins, rio Araguaia, río Orinoco, río Apure, rio Acre, río Aguarico, río Ampiyacu = río Ambyiacu, lago Dumbá Grande, rio Iça, igarapé Jacaré, lago Janauaca, rio Juruá = río Yuruá, lago Mamiá, río Orteguaza = río Orteguasa, lagoa Paru, río Portuguesa, río Santiago, río Sarare, laguna de Tumichucua,rio Uaupés
(Beni, Amazonas (BRA), Amazonas (VEN), Amazonas (COL), Acre, Amapá, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Pará (BRA), Rondônia, Caqueta, Loreto, Madre de Dios, Ucayali, Anzoátegui, Apure, Delta Amacuro, Guarico, Portuguesa)

unknown

Corumbataia tocantinensis
Britski, 1997

Brazil
Rio Araguaia, Rio Tocantins
(Mato Grosso, Tocantins)

24 - 28

unknown

Doras zuanoni
Sabaj Pérez & Birindelli, 2008

Brazil
Rio Araguaia, lagos do rio Araguaia, lago Paredão
(Goías, Tocantins)

Doras zuanoni, approximately 110 mm SL, rio Araguaia basin

120

unknown

Farlowella henriquei
Ribeiro, 1918

Brazil
Rio Vermelho, rio Araguaia
(Goiás)

120

26 - 29

quite likely

Hassar wilderi
Kindle, 1895

Brazil
Trocera = Trocará Indigenous territory, rio Rio Tocantins, rio Araguaia
(Tocantins, Piauí, Maranhão, Pará (BRA))

150

unknown

Henonemus intermedius
Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889

Brazil
Rio Araguaia-Einzug
(Goiás)

Henonemus intermedius = Stegophilus intermedius

unknown

Hypostomus asperatus
Castelnau, 1855

Brazil
Rio Araguaia, Tocantins-Einzug

150

26 - 30

unknown

Hypostomus atropinnis
Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1890

Brazil
Rio Araguaia-, rio Tocantins-Einzug
(Goiás)

120

unknown

Hypostomus delimai
Zawadzki, Oliveira & Tiago Debona, 2013

Brazil
mittler rio Tocantins, rio Araguaia, lago Morateiro, rio Gameleira, lago Perdidos, rio Lontra, rio Javaezinho
(Tocantins, Pará (BRA))

200

26 - 30

unknown

Hypostomus faveolus (L 37)
Zawadzki, Birindelli & Lima, 2008

Brazil
rio Resende, rio Água Fría, rio Água Suja = rio Curua, córrego da Taboca, rio Verde, rio Mosquito, rio Pretorio Araguaia, oberer rio Xingu, rio Meio Ponte
(Mato Grosso, Pará (BRA), Goiás, Maranhão)

Hypostomus faveolus, ca. 7-8 Jahre; ca. 20 cm

120

24 - 29

Breeding of Hypostomus faveolus (L37)

Hypostomus goyazensis
Regan, 1908

Brazil
oberer Rio Araguaia-Einzug
(Goiás)

150

26 - 30

unknown

Hypostomus sp. "Rio Araguaia"
Cochliodon sp. "Rio Araguaia"

Brazil
Rio Araguaia
(Tocantins, Pará (BRA))

150

26 - 30

unknown

Hypostomus sp. "L 50"
Cochliodon sp. "L 50"

Brazil
Rio Tocantins, rio Araguaia, rio do Peixe
(Pará (BRA), Goiás)

120

25 - 29

unknown

Hypostomus sp. "L 101"

Brazil
Rio Araguaia
(Goiás, Pará (BRA))

>20

150

25 - 29

unknown

Imparfinis mirini
Haseman, 1911

Brazil
Rio Piracicaba, oberer Rio Araguaia und oberer Rio Paraná-Einzug
(São Paulo, Goiás)

unknown

Lasiancistrus sp. "Rio Araguaia"

Brazil
rio Araguaia, rio do Peixe
(Goiás)

120

25 - 29

unknown

Lasiancistrus sp. "L 33"

Brazil
Rio Araguaia, rio Tocantins unterhalb von Tucurui
(Pará (BRA), Tocantins)

120

25 - 29

fb?

Panaque sp. aff. armbrusteri "L 27"

Brazil
Rio Araguaia
(Pará (BRA))

200

26 - 30

Amazonas

Parancistrus aurantiacus
Castelnau, 1855

Peru; Brazil, Peru
Rio Araquaia ?, Rio Tocantins ?; Río Ucayali - Typusfundort
(Goiás, Ucayali, Loreto)

150

25 - 29

yes

Peckoltia sp. "L 80"

Brazil
Rio Tocantins bei Marabá bis rio Araguaia bei São Bento
(Pará (BRA), Tocantins)

25 - 29

several

Propimelodus araguayae
Rocha, de Oliviera & Rapp Py-Daniel, 2007

Brazil
Rio Araguaia bei Barra do Garças
(Mato Grosso, Goiás)

120

unknown

Pseudacanthicus spinosus
Castelnau, 1855

Brazil
Rio Guamá, rio Tocantins-, rio Araguaia-Einzug
(Pará (BRA)

150

25 - 29

PCF

Pterygoplichthys joselimaianus (L 1)
Glyptoperichthys joselimaianus (L 1)
Weber, 1991

Brazil
rio Tocantins als L1, Ihla de Marajó als L22, rio Araguaia bei Aruanã, Rio do Peixe, Rio Vermelho
(Goias, Tocantins, Pará (BRA))

150

26 - 30

in ponds

Pterygoplichthys joselimaianus (L 22)
Glyptoperichthys joselimaianus (L 22)
Weber, 1991

Brazil
Ihla de Marajó als L22, rio Tocantins als L1, Rio Araguaia bei Aruanã, Rio do Peixe, Rio Vermelho
(Goias, Tocantins, Pará (BRA))

150

26 - 30

in ponds

Pterygoplichthys pardalis
Liposarcus pardalis
Castlenau, 1855

Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru
Amazonas und Unterläufe großer Nebenflüsse: río Ucayali, río Marañón; rio Tefé, rio Trombetas, rio Xingu, rio Araguaia
(Loreto, Amazonas, Pará)

200

25 - 30

in ponds (Asia)

Pterygoplichthys pardalis "albino"
Liposarcus pardalis "albino"
Castlenau, 1855

Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru
Amazonas und Unterläufe großer Nebenflüsse: río Ucayali, río Marañón; rio Tefé, rio Trombetas, rio Xingu, rio Araguaia, rio Tocantins, rio Tapajós
(Loreto, Amazonas (BRA), Pará (BRA), Beni)

200

25 - 30

in ponds (Asia)

Pterygoplichthys pardalis "xanthonisch"
Liposarcus pardalis "xanthonisch"
Castlenau, 1855

Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru
Amazonas und Unterläufe großer Nebenflüsse: río Ucayali, río Marañón; rio Tefé, rio Trombetas, rio Xingu, rio Araguaia, rio Tocantins, rio Tapajós
(Loreto, Amazonas (BRA), Pará (BRA), Beni)

200

25 - 30

in ponds (Asia)

Pterygoplichthys pardalis (L 21)
Liposarcus pardalis (L 21)
Castlenau, 1855

Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru
Amazonas und Unterläufe großer Nebenflüsse: río Ucayali, río Marañón; rio Tefé, rio Trombetas, rio Xingu, rio Araguaia, rio Tocantins
(Amazonas (BRA), Pará (BRA), Loreto, Napo, Beni)

200

25 - 30

in ponds (Asia)

Pterygoplichthys pardalis (L 23)
Liposarcus pardalis (L 23)
Castlenau, 1855

Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru
Amazonas und Unterläufe großer Nebenflüsse: río Ucayali, río Marañón; rio Tefé, rio Trombetas, rio Xingu, rio Araguaia
(Amazonas, Pará, Loreto, Napo, Beni)

200

25 - 30

in ponds (Asia)

Rineloricaria hasemani
Hemiloricaria hasemani
Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1979

Brazil
Rio Guamá-Einzug, Rio Tocantins, Rio Araguaia-Einzug
(Pará (BRA))

Hemiloricaria hasemani = Rineloricaria hasemani, paratype, Maguary near Belem, Pará, Brazil, lateral

26 - 29

unknown

Rineloricaria sp. "Amazonien"
Hemiloricaria sp. "Amazonien"

Brazil, Guyana
Rio Tefé, rio Guamá, rio Araguaia, rio Madeira
(Pará, Amazonas)

26 - 30

several

Scoloplax distolothrix
Schaefer, Weitzman & Britski, 1989

Brazil
rio Batovi-Einzug, rio Araguaia-Einzug?, rio Paraguai-Einzug?
(Mato Grosso)

Schaefer, S.A.; Weitzman, S.H. & Britski, H.A., 1989 "Review of the neotropical catfish genus Scoloplax (Pisces: Loricarioidea: Scoloplacidae) with comments on reductive characters in phylogenetic analysis"
Schaefer, S.A., 1990 "Anatomy and relationships of the scoloplacid catfishes"
Costa, W.J.E.M. & Le Bail, P., 1999 "Fluviphylax palikur: A New Poeciliid from the Rio Oiapoque Basin, Northern Brazil (Cyprinodontiformes: Cyprinodontoidei), with Comments on Miniaturization in Fluviphylax and Other Neotropical Freshwater Fishes"

26 - 28

unknown

Sturisoma ghazziae
Londoño-Burbano & Britto, 2023

Brazil
rio Araguaia, ribeirão Santana, rio Sororó, córrego Gordura, córrego Grande, ribeirão Ìnsula, rio Jacundá, lagoa Pirapitinga
(Pará (BRA), Mato Grosso, Goiás, Tocantins)
IUCN: least concern