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PUBLICATIONS

​2025

CC Conde-Saldaña, BF Melo, FF Roxo, VA Tagliacollo, C Oliveira, JS Albert (2025) Landscape evolution drives continental diversification in Neotropical freshwater fishes of the family Erythrinidae (Teleostei, Characiformes). Journal of Biogeography, online early, https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.15129

BL Sidlauskas, BF Melo, JLO Birindelli, MD Burns, BW Frable, K Hoekzema, CB Dillman, MH Sabaj, C Oliveira (2025). Molecular phylogenetics, a new classification, and a new genus of the Neotropical fish family Anostomidae (Teleostei: Characiformes). Neotropical Ichthyology, 23, e240076. https://doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-2024-0076

BF Melo, S Pirro, MLJ Stiassny (2025) The complete genome sequences of 20 species of African tetras and relatives of families Alestidae, Hepsetidae, and Lepidarchidae (Teleostei: Characiformes). Biodiversity Genomes, https://doi.org/10.56179/001c.128235.​

2024

BF Melo, MLJ Stiassny (2024) Phylogenomic and anatomical evidence for the Late Cretaceous diversification of African characiform fishes, including a new family, under the influence of the Trans-Saharan Seaway. Evolutionary Journal of the Linnean Society, 3(1), kzae030. https://doi.org/10.1093/evolinnean/kzae030

JL Garavello, HA Britski, AK Oliveira, BF Melo (2024) Schizodon unimaculatus, a new species from the lower Rio São Francisco with a reappraisal of the Schizodon species presenting a caudal-peduncle blotch (Teleostei: Anostomidae). Zootaxa 5537, 245–258. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5537.2.5

BF Melo (2024) Taxonomic notes on types of Curimatus Oken 1817 (Teleostei: Curimatidae) of the Naturhistorisches Museum of Vienna. Journal of Fish Biology, early view. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15949

BF Melo, RP Ota, RC Benine, FR Carvalho, FCT Lima, GMT Mattox, CS Souza, TC Faria, L Reia, FF Roxo, M Valdez-Moreno, TJ Near, C Oliveira (2024). 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 202, zlae101. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae101

GSC Silva, MS Rocha, BF Melo, L Reia, FF Roxo, MH Sabaj, C Oliveira. Phylogenomics of the catfish family Pimelodidae with focus on the genus Pimelodus support the recognition of Sorubiminae and Pimelodinae (Teleostei, Siluriformes). Zoologica Scripta 53, 541–554.

BF Melo, CC Conde-Saldaña, FA Villa-Navarro, CD McMahan, C Oliveira. Phylogeographic patterns of Cyphocharax from trans-Andean rivers and northward expansion to lower Central America (Teleostei, Curimatidae). Journal of Fish Biology 105, 314–325. PDF 

BF Melo, TC Faria. Description of a new species of Cyphocharax from the rio Juma, rio Aripuanã basin, southern Amazon basin (Teleostei: Curimatidae). Neotropical Ichthyology 22, e230122. PDF

AL Netto-Ferreira, AF Nogueira, BF Melo, GM Dutra. A new species of Cyphocharax Fowler (Teleostei: Curimatidae) from the Rio Xingu, Brazil. American Museum Novitates 4007, 1-19. PDF

M Toledo-Piza, EG Baena, FCP Dagosta, ..., BF Melo, ..., AM Zanata.  Checklist of the species of the Order Characiformes  (Teleostei: Ostariophysi). Neotropical Ichthyology 22, e230086. PDF


2023

MLJ Stiassny, C Keane, JJM Mbimbi, BF Melo. Phylogenomics and morphology of the African fish genus Brycinus with revalidation of Brachyalestes and description of a new species from the Congo basin (Teleostei: Alestidae). Ichthyology & Herpetology 111(4), 597–611. PDF

CS Souza, GMT Mattox, G Vita, LE Ochoa, BF Melo, C Oliveira (2023) Molecular species delimitation and description of a new species of Phenacogaster (Teleostei, Characidae) from the southern Amazon basin. ZooKeys, 1164:1–21. PDF

2022

BF Melo, MLJ Stiassny (2022) Systematic review and cranial osteology of Petersius with redescription of P. conserialis (Teleostei: Alestidae) from the Rufiji and Ruvu rivers of Tanzania. American Museum Novitates, 3992:1–16. PDF
 
BF Melo, MCC de Pinna, LH Rapp Py-Danniel, J Zuanon, CC Conde-Saldaña, FF Roxo, C Oliveira (2022) Paleogene emergence and evolutionary history of the Amazonian fossorial fish genus Tarumania (Teleostei: Tarumaniidae). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10:924860. PDF  


​BW Frable, BF Melo, JP Fontenelle, C Oliveira, BL Sidlauskas (2022) Biogeographic reconstruction of the migratory Neotropical fish family Prochilodontidae (Teleostei: Characiformes). Zoologica Scripta, 51, 348–364. PDF

BF Melo, LFC Tencatt, C Oliveira (2022) 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, 110, 327–339. PDF 

CS Souza, BF Melo, GMT Mattox, C Oliveira (2022) Phylogenomic analysis of the Neotropical fish subfamily Characinae using ultraconserved elements (Teleostei: Characidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 107462. Link

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BF Melo, BL Sidlauskas, TJ Near, FF Roxo, A Ghezelayagh, LE Ochoa, MLJ Stiassny, J Arroyave, J Chang, BC Faircloth, DJ MacGuigan, RC Harrington, RC Benine, MD Burns, K Hoekzema, NC Sanches, JA Maldonado-Ocampo, RMC Castro, F Foresti, ME Alfaro, C Oliveira (2022) Accelerated Diversification Explains the Exceptional Species Richness of Tropical Characoid Fishes. Systematic Biology, 71, 78–92. PDF

IS Mendes, BF Melo, JS Damasceno, DF Teixeira, DC Carvalho (2022) Phylogeography of Hypomasticus copelandii reveals distinct genetic lineages along the Atlantic coastal drainages of eastern Brazil. Diversity, 14, 29. PDF

BL Sidlauskas, FM Assega, BF Melo, C Oliveira, JLO Birindelli (2022) Total evidence phylogenetic analysis reveals polyphyly of Anostomoides and uncovers an unexpectedly ancient genus of Anostomidae fishes (Characiformes). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society​, 194, 626–669. PDF

​2021

​BF Melo, JS Albert, FCP Dagosta, VA Tagliacollo (2021) Biogeography of curimatid fishes reveals multiple lowland-upland river transitions and differential diversification in the Neotropics (Teleostei, Curimatidae). Ecology and Evolution, 11, 15815–15832. PDF | talk

GSC Silva, BF Melo, FF Roxo, LE Ochoa, OA Shibatta, MH Sabaj, C Oliveira (2021) Phylogenomics of the bumblebee catfishes (Siluriformes: Pseudopimelodidae) using ultraconserved elements. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 59, 1662–1672. PDF

RP Santos*, BF Melo*, GM Yazbeck, RS Oliveira, HO Hilário, F Prosdocimi, DC Carvalho (2021) Diversification of Prochilodus in the eastern Brazilian Shield: Evidence from mitochondrial genomes (Teleostei, Prochilodontidae). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 59, 1052–1063.
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GSC Silva, FF Roxo, BF Melo, LE Ochoa, FA Bockmann, MH Sabaj, FC Jerep, F Foresti, RC Benine, C Oliveira (2021) Evolutionary history of Heptapteridae catfishes using ultraconserved elements (Teleostei, Siluriformes). Zoologica Scripta, 50, 543–554. PDF

CS Souza, GSC Silva, LE Ochoa, FF Roxo, GJ Costa-Silva, F Foresti, BF Melo, C Oliveira (2021) Molecular and morphological diversity in species of Kronichthys (Teleostei, Loricariidae) from Atlantic coastal rivers of Brazil. Journal of Fish Biology, 98, 668–679. PDF

2020

LE Ochoa, BF Melo​, JE García-Melo, JA Maldonado-Ocampo, CS Souza, JG Albornoz-Garzón, CC Conde-Saldaña, F Villa-Navarro, A Ortega-Lara, C Oliveira (2020) Species delimitation reveals an underestimated diversity of Andean catfishes of the family Astroblepidae (Teleostei: Siluriformes). Neotropical Ichthyology, 18, e200048. PDF

NTB Mateussi, BF Melo, RP Ota, FF Roxo, LE Ochoa, F Foresti, C Oliveira (2020) Phylogenomics of the Neotropical fish family Serrasalmidae with a novel intrafamilial classification (Teleostei: Characiformes). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 153, 106945. PDF

NTB Mateussi, BF Melo, C Oliveira (2020) Molecular delimitation and taxonomic revision of the wimple piranha Catoprion (Characiformes: Serrasalmidae) with the description of a new species. Journal of Fish Biology, 97, 668–685. PDF

JLO Birindelli, BF Melo, LR Ribeiro-Silva, D Diniz, C Oliveira (2020) A new species of Hypomasticus from eastern Brazil based on morphological and molecular data. Copeia, 108, 416–425. PDF 

BF Melo (2020) New species of Curimatopsis from the río Caroni, Orinoco basin, Venezuela, with comments on C. macrolepis (Characiformes: Curimatidae). Neotropical Ichthyology, 18, epub. PDF

LE Ochoa, A Datovo, C DoNascimiento, FF Roxo, MH Sabaj, J Chang, BF Melo, GSC Silva, F Foresti, M Alfaro, C Oliveira (2020). Phylogenomic analysis of trichomycterid catfishes (Teleostei: Siluriformes) inferred from ultraconserved elements. Scientific Reports, 10, 2697. PDF

BC Faircloth, F Alda, K Hoekzema, MD Burns, C Oliveira, JS Albert, BF Melo, LE Ochoa, FF Roxo, P Chakrabarty, BL Sidlauskas, ME Alfaro (2020). A target enrichment bait set for studying relationships among ostariophysan fishes. Copeia, 108, 47–60. PDF

M Gavazzoni, CS Pavanelli, WJ Graça, BF Melo, EA Gubiani, VP Margarido (2020) Detection of natural hybridization and delimitation of two closely related operational taxonomic units of the Astyanax fasciatus (Teleostei: Characidae) complex through integrative approaches. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 129, 687–700. PDF

BF Dorini, LR Ribeiro-Silva, F Foresti, C Oliveira, BF Melo (2020) Molecular phylogenetics provides a novel hypothesis of chromosome evolution in Neotropical fishes of the genus Potamorhina (Teleostei, Curimatidae). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 58, 1067–1075. PDF​

2019

​NTB Mateussi, BF Melo, F Foresti, C Oliveira (2019) Molecular data reveal multiple lineages in piranhas of the genus Pygocentrus (Teleostei, Characiformes). Genes, 10: 371. PDF

HA Britski, BF Melo, RP Vari, C Oliveira (2019) Revalidation and redescription of Steindachnerina nigrotaenia and redescription of S. insculpta (Characiformes: Curimatidae). Neotropical Ichthyology, 17: e180076. PDF

FF Roxo, LE Ochoa, MH Sabaj, NK Lujan, R Covain, GSC Silva, BF Melo, JS Albert, J Chang, F Foresti, ME Alfaro, C Oliveira (2019) Phylogenomic reappraisal of the Neotropical catfish family Loricariidae (Teleostei: Siluriformes) using ultraconserved elements. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 135: 148–165. PDF

EA Serrano*, BF Melo*, D Freitas-Souza, MLM Oliveira, R Utsunomia, C Oliveira, F Foresti (2019) Species delimitation in Neotropical fishes of the genus Characidium (Teleostei, Characiformes). Zoologica Scripta, 48: 69–80. PDF
*equal authorship

2018

​BF Melo, BL Sidlauskas, K Hoekzema, RP Vari, CB Dillman, C Oliveira (2018) Molecular phylogenetics of Neotropical detritivorous fishes of the family Curimatidae (Teleostei: Characiformes). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 127: 800–812. PDF

BF Melo, BF Dorini, F Foresti, C Oliveira (2018) Little divergence among mitochondrial lineages of Prochilodus (Teleostei, Characiformes). Frontiers in Genetics, 9: 107. PDF

GM Dutra, BF Melo, AL Netto-Ferreira (2018) A new species of Curimatopsis Steindachner (Characiformes: Curimatidae) from the Rio Nhamundá, Amazon basin. Journal of Fish Biology, 92: 515–522. PDF

BQ Urbanski, BF Melo, GSC Silva, RC Benine (2018) A new species of Tetragonopterus (Characiformes: Characidae) from Central Amazon lowlands, Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology, 16: e170158. PDF

FF Roxo, GSC Silva, BF Melo (2018) Hisonotus devidei, a new species from the São Francisco basin, Brazil (Siluriformes: Loricariidae). Journal of Fish Biology, 92: 1687–1701. PDF

GC Bortolo, FCT Lima, BF Melo (2018) A New Cyphocharax from the Lower Rio Tapajós, Amazon Basin, Brazil (Characiformes: Curimatidae). Copeia, 106: 346–352. PDF

​2017

​BF Melo (2017) Cyphocharax boiadeiro, a new species from the upper rio Araguaia, Amazon basin, Brazil (Characiformes: Curimatidae). Zootaxa, 4247: 114–120. PDF

BF Melo, C Oliveira (2017) Three new species of Curimatopsis (Characiformes: Curimatidae) from the Amazon basin. Journal of Fish Biology, 91: 528–544. PDF

FF Roxo, BF Melo, GSC Silva, C Oliveira (2017) New species of Parotocinclus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from coastal drainages of Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil. Zootaxa, 4232: 260–270. PDF

AB Nobile, D Freitas-Souza, FP Lima, LB Vieira, BF Melo, C Oliveira (2017) Length-weight and length-length relationships of 16 fish species from Amapá, Brazilian Amazon. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 33: 1058–1061. PDF

Earlier work​​

BF Melo, BL Sidlauskas, K Hoekzema, BW Frable, RP Vari, C Oliveira (2016) Molecular phylogenetics of the Neotropical fish family Prochilodontidae (Teleostei: Characiformes). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 102: 189–201. PDF

BW Frable, BF Melo, BL Sidlauskas, K Hoekzema, RP Vari, C Oliveira (2016) Data on the multilocus molecular phylogenies of the Neotropical fish family Prochilodontidae (Teleostei: Characiformes). Data in Brief, 9: 128–142. PDF

BF Melo, RC Benine, GSC Silva, GS Avelino, C Oliveira (2016) Molecular phylogeny of the Neotropical fish genus Tetragonopterus (Teleostei: Characiformes: Characidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 94: 709–717. PDF

BF Melo, LE Ochoa, RP Vari, C Oliveira (2016) Cryptic species in the Neotropical fish genus Curimatopsis (Teleostei, Characiformes). Zoologica Scripta, 45: 650–658. PDF

GSC Silva, BF Melo, C Oliveira, RC Benine (2016) Revision of the South American genus Tetragonopterus Cuvier, 1816 (Teleostei: Characidae) with description of four new species. Zootaxa, 4200: 1–46. PDF

BF Melo, RP Vari, C Oliveira (2016) Curimatopsis maculosa, a new species from the Rio Tapajós, Amazon basin, Brazil (Teleostei: Curimatidae). Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwaters, 27: 303–308. PDF

BF Melo, RC Benine, R Britzke, CS Gama, C Oliveira (2016) An inventory of coastal freshwater fishes from Amapá highlighting the occurrence of eight new records for Brazil. Zookeys, 606: 127–140. PDF

GSC Silva, FF Roxo, BF Melo, C Oliveira (2016) New species of Curculionichthys (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the eastern Guiana Shield. Zootaxa, 4175: 281–291. PDF

RP Vari, BF Melo, C Oliveira (2016) Protocheirodon, a new genus of Characidae (Teleostei: Characiformes) with the redescription of the poorly known Protocheirodon pi. Neotropical Ichthyology, 14: 315–322. PDF

RC Benine, BF Melo, RMC Castro, C Oliveira (2015) Taxonomic revision and molecular phylogeny of Gymnocorymbus Eigenmann, 1908 (Teleostei, Characiformes, Characidae). Zootaxa, 3956: 1–28. PDF

BF Melo, BL Sidlauskas, K Hoekzema, RP Vari, C Oliveira (2014) The first molecular phylogeny of Chilodontidae (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Characiformes) reveals cryptic biodiversity and taxonomic uncertainty. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 70: 286–295. PDF

CNM Polaz, BF Melo, R Britzke, EK Resende, FA Machado, JAF Lima, M Petrere (2014) Fishes from the Parque Nacional do Pantanal Matogrossense, upper Paraguai River basin, Brazil. Check List, 10: 122–130. PDF

BF Melo, RP Vari (2014) New species of Cyphocharax (Characiformes: Curimatidae) from the upper rio Negro, Amazon basin. Neotropical Ichthyology, 12: 327–332. PDF

GSC Silva, BF Melo, C Oliveira, RC Benine (2013) Morphological and molecular evidence for two new species of Tetragonopterus (Characiformes: Characidae) from central Brazil. Journal of Fish Biology, 82: 1613–1631. PDF

BF Melo, Y Sato, F Foresti, C Oliveira (2013) The roles of marginal lagoons in the maintenance of genetic diversity in the Brazilian migratory fishes Prochilodus argenteus and P. costatus. Neotropical Ichthyology, 11: 625–636. PDF

BF Melo, RC Benine, TC Mariguela, C Oliveira (2011) A new species of Tetragonopterus Cuvier, 1816 (Characiformes: Characidae: Tetragonopterinae) from the rio Jari, Amapá, northern Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology, 9: 49–56. PDF


Edited textbook
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EL Furtado, AC Firmino, HJ Tozze-Junior, GJ Costa-Silva, JM Henriques, LHG Pereira, BF Melo, L Zimback (2011) Princípios Básicos de Biologia Molecular, 2ed., Botucatu, São Paulo, FEPAF, 120p.


Book chapters


BF Melo, H Gimênes, R Rech (2022) Curimatidae, pp. 186–195. In: H Gimênes & R Rech (org). Guia Ilustrado dos Peixes do Pantanal e Entorno. Instituto de Meio Ambiente de Mato Grosso do Sul: Campo Grande, Julien Design, 660p.
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BF Melo et al. (2019) Lista da fauna e flora ameaçadas de extinção no estado do Espírito Santo. In: CN Fraga, NH Formigoni, FG Chaves. Fauna e flora ameaçadas de extinção no estado do Espírito Santo. 1ed. Santa Teresa: Instituto Nacional da Mata Atlântica, p. 342-419.

BF Melo et al. (2018) Bryconamericus lambari, Characidium vestigipinneand 20 other threatened species of freshwater fishes. In: Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (org.). Livro Vermelho da Fauna Brasileira Ameaçada de Extinção. Vol. VI – Peixes. 1ed. Brasília: ICMBio.

BF Melo, BL Sidlauskas (2017) Chilodontidae – Headstanders. In: P Sleen, JS Albert. (Org.). Field Guide to the Fishes of the Amazon, Orinoco, and Guianas. 1ed. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, p. 141-141.

BF Melo, BL Sidlauskas (2017) Prochilodontidae – Flannel Mouth Characiforms. In: P Sleen, JS Albert. (Org.). Field Guide to the Fishes of the Amazon, Orinoco, and Guianas. 1ed. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, p. 170-171.

JM Henriques, BF Melo (2013) Engenharia Genética. In: EL Furtado, AC Firmino. (Org.). Princípios Básicos de Biologia Molecular. 3ed. Botucatu: FEPAF, v. 3, p. 32-39.

JM Henriques, BF Melo (2011) Engenharia Genética: DNA Recombinante. In: EL Furtado, AC Firmino, HJ Tozze-Junior, GJ Costa-Silva, JM Henriques, LHG Pereira, BFMelo, L Zimback. (Org.). Princípios Básicos de Biologia Molecular. 1ed. Botucatu: FEPAF, v. 2, p. 50-57.
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