“…Available literature records about the ichthyofauna of the rio Tapajós basin are primarily concerned with the description of new species (Bertaco & Malabarba 2007, Bertaco & Carvalho 2005a, b, Bertaco & Garutti 2007, Birindelli et al 2008, Britski & Garavello 1980, 1993, Britski & Lima 2008, Caires & Figueiredo 2011, Caires 2013, Calegari et al 2013, Carvalho & Bertaco 2006, Castro 1993, Carvalho & Datovo 2012, Campos-da-Paz 2002, Costa 1991, 1994, Dagosta & Netto-Ferreira 2015, Eigenmann 1908, 1917, de Oliveira et al 2010, Dutra et al 2012, Espíndola et al 2014, Fink 1979, Feitosa et al 2011, Fichberg et al 2014, Fink 1979, Fisch-Muller et al 2005a, b, Géry 1980, Hollanda-Carvalho & Weber 2005, Isbrücker & Nijessen 1989, Kullander 1988, Kullander 1990, Kullander & Ferreira 2006, Langeani 1999, Lima et al 2007, Lima & Flausino 2016, Loeb 2012, Lucena 2003, Lujan et al 2010, Lundberg & Mago-Leccia 1986…”