rio Jequitinhonha

rio Jequitinhonha → Atlantic SE (⪪)

Water system: rio Jequitinhonha ( max. 5 steps)

Country

Brazil

Region

Minas Gerais, Bahia

Length

1090 km

General direction

NE 59.42°

Starts near

Serro

[ -18.587,-43.489 ]

Tributaries
(Without claiming to be exhaustive):

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rio Araçuaí (⪪)

[ -16.763,-42.009 ]

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córrego da Areia (⪪)

[ -16.124,-40.137 ]

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ribeirão de Areias (⪪)

[ -17.543,-43.541 ]

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ribeirão Capivari

[ -18.384,-43.497 ]

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córrego Casa Nova

[ -17.260,-43.090 ]

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rio Correntes at Mandaçaia

[ -16.972,-42.765 ]

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rio Itacambiruçu (⪪)

[ -16.724,-42.607 ]

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rio Jequitinhonha Leste

[ -18.529,-43.474 ]

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córrego Laranjeiras

˜[ -16.750,-42.300 ]

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rio Macaúbas

[ -17.380,-43.296 ]

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rio Manso

[ -18.056,-43.541 ]

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córrego Moquém

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rio Pinheiro (⪪)

[ -18.043,-43.556 ]

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río Ribeira

[ -15.976,-39.801 ]

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rio Salinas

[ -16.617,-42.312 ]

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ribeirão Soberbo

[ -18.288,-43.442 ]

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rio Vacaria

[ -16.648,-42.406 ]

Ends near

Belmonte

Flows in

Atlantic SE

[ -15.850,-38.858 ]

Fishes of rio Jequitinhonha
(Without claiming to be exhaustive)

Species
Country
Origin

Length
(cm)

AQ
(cm)

T.
(°C)

Bree
ding

Chauliocheilos saxatilis
Martins, Andrade, Rosa & Langeani, 2014

Brazil
Rio Jequitinhonha
(Minas Gerais, Bahia)

Martins, F.; Andrade, B.N.; Rosa, A.C. & Langeani, F., 2014 "Chauliocheilos saxatilis, a new genus and species of Hypoptopomatinae from rio Jequitinhonha basin, with a unique labial appendix (Teleostei: Loricariidae)"
The Ichthyology Lab - Lab News (with picture)

unknown

Hypostomus nigrolineatus
Zawadzki, Carvalho, Birindelli & Azevedo, 2016

Brazil
Rio Fanado, rio Araçuaí, rio Itacambiruçu, rio Jequitinhonha, rio Vacaria, rio Pardo
(Minas Gerais, Bahia)

Zawadzki, C.H.; Carvalho, P.H.; Birindelli, J.L.O. & Azevedo, F.M., 2016 "Hypostomus nigrolineatus, a new dark-striped species from the rio Jequitinhonha and rio Pardo basins, Brazil (Siluriformes, Loricariidae)"

150

26 - 30

unknown

Pareiorhaphis stephanus
Oliveira & Oyakawa, 1999

Brazil
Rio Jequitinhonha-Einzug
(Minas Gerais)

20 - 24

unknown

Parotocinclus jequi
Lehmann, Braun, Pereira & Reis, 2013

Brazil
Oberer rio Jequitinhonha-Einzug, cachoeira do Moinho de Esteira
(Minas Gerais)

Lehmann, P.; Braun, B.K., Pereira, E.H.L. & Reis, R.E., 2013 "A New Species of the Hypoptopomatinae Catfish Parotocinclus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), from the Headwaters of the Rio Jequitinhonha, Brazil"
Roxo, F.F.; Melo, B.F.; Silva, G.S.C. & Oliveira, C., 2017 "New species of Parotocinclus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from coastal drainages of Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil"

unknown

Pimelodella lateristriga
Lichtenstein, 1823

Brazil
Rio Paraíba do Sul-Einzug, rio Jequitinhonha
(Rio de Janeiro, Mato Grosso)

Pimelodella lateristriga, MNRJ 43888, 39.7 mm SL

unknown

Pseudauchenipterus jequitinhonhae
Steindachner, 1877

Brazil
Rio Jequitinhonha
(Minas Gerais)

Pseudauchenipterus jequitinhonhae, holotype, lateral

unknown

Rhamdia jequitinhonha
Silfvergrip, 1996

Brazil
Rio Jequitinhonda
(Minas Gerais)
IUCN: vulnerable

Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)"
Garavello, J.C. & Shibatta, O.A., 2016 "Reappraisal of Rhamdia branneri Haseman, 1911 and R. voulezi Haseman, 1911 (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) from the rio Iguaçu with notes on their morphometry and karyotype"
Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade, 2018 "Peixes"

120

unknown

Steindachneridion amblyurum
Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888

Brazil
Rio Araçuaí, rio Jequitinhonha-Einzug
(Minas Gerais)
IUCN: critical endangered

MZUSP 87986, 334 mm SL, Almenara, rio Jequitinhonha, ihla Bela Vista

300

unknown

Steindachneridion parahybae
Steindachner, 1877

Brazil, Uruguay
rio Paraíba do Sul, rio Jequitinhonha, rio Pomba,rio Paraibuna
(Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro)
IUCN: endangered