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h-index: 14
Works: 53
Citations: 660

Most-cited papers

A database of freshwater fish species of the Amazon Basin
C. Jézéquel, P. Tedesco, R. Bigorne, J. Maldonado-Ocampo +42 more
2020Scientific Data172 citations Open access
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Unexpected species diversity in electric eels with a description of the strongest living bioelectricity generator
C. D. de Santana, W. Crampton, C. B. Dillman, R. Frederico +20 more
2019Nature Communications83 citations Open access
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Two new species of Corydoras Lacépède, 1803 (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) from the rio Madeira basin, Brazil
L. F. Tencatt, W. Ohara
201627 citations Open access
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Hyphessobrycon lucenorum (Characiformes: Characidae), a new species from the rio Madeira basin, Rondônia State, Brazil.
W. Ohara, F. Lima
2015Zootaxa24 citations Open access
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Fish collection of the Universidade Federal de Rondônia: its importance to the knowledge of Amazonian fish diversity
W. Ohara, L. D. de Queiroz, J. Zuanon, G. Torrente-Vilara +2 more
201523 citations Open access
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Fishes of Cuniã Lake, Madeira River Basin, Brazil
L. D. de Queiroz, G. Torrente-Vilara, F. G. Vieira, W. Ohara +2 more
201319 citations Open access
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A new long-snouted species of Corydoras Lacépède, 1803 (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) from the rio Madeira basin.
L. F. Tencatt, W. Ohara
2016Zootaxa17 citations
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Ichthyofaunal survey of stretches of the Guariba and Rooselvelt Rivers, in Guariba State Park and Guariba Extractive Reserve, Madeira River basin, Amazonas, Brazil
Wellington Silva Pedroza, F. Ribeiro, T. F. Teixeira, W. Ohara +1 more
201217 citations Open access
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A new species of Eigenmannia Jordan & Evermann (Gymnotiformes: Sternopygidae) from rio Tapajós, Brazil, with discussion on its species group and the myology within Eigenmanniinae
L. Peixoto, W. Ohara
2019PLoS ONE16 citations Open access
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A new species of Moenkhausia (Characiformes: Characidae) from the rio Madeira basin, Brazil, with comments on the evolution and development of the trunk lateral line system in characids
M. Marinho, W. Ohara, F. Dagosta
2021Neotropical Ichthyology15 citations Open access
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A new rheophilic South American darter (Crenuchidae: Characidium) from the rio Juruena basin, Brazil, with comments on morphological adaptations to life in fast-flowing waters.
A. Zanata, W. Ohara, O. T. Oyakawa, F. Dagosta
2020Journal of Fish Biology15 citations
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Hyphessobrycon rheophilus, a new species from rapids of the Amazon and Orinoco river basins (Characiformes: Characidae: Stethaprioninae).
W. Ohara, T. F. Teixeira, J. G. Albornoz-Garzón, J. M. Mirande +1 more
2019Zootaxa14 citations Open access
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Phycocharax rasbora, a new genus and species of Brazilian tetra (Characiformes: Characidae) from Serra do Cachimbo, rio Tapajós basin
W. Ohara, J. M. Mirande, F. C. T. de Lima
2017PLoS ONE14 citations Open access
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A new species of Hyphessobrycon Durbin (Characiformes: Characidae) from rio Aripuanã, rio Madeira basin, Brazil.
M. Pastana, W. Ohara
2016Zootaxa14 citations Open access
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Science and hobby joining forces for the discovery of three new Corydoras (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) from the rio Tapajós basin, Brazil, with comments on Corydoras sp. CW111
L. F. Tencatt, W. Ohara, Leandro Melo de Sousa, M. R. de Britto
2022Neotropical Ichthyology13 citations Open access
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Fishes from the Jaru Biological Reserve, Machado River drainage, Madeira River basin, Rondônia State, northern Brazil
I. D. Costa, W. Ohara, M. Almeida
201713 citations Open access
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A new sexually dichromatic miniature Characidium (Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from the rio Guaporé, rio Madeira basin, Brazil, with remarkable morphological novelties to the genus
A. Zanata, Leonardo Oliveira-Silva, W. Ohara
2023Neotropical Ichthyology11 citations Open access
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Behaviour, feeding habits and ecology of the blind catfish Phreatobius sanguijuela (Ostariophysi: Siluriformes).
W. Ohara, I. D. da Costa, M. Fonseca
2016Journal of Fish Biology11 citations
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Wrapped in flames: Corydoras hephaestus, a new remarkably colored species from the Rio Madeira basin (Teleostei: Callichthyidae).
W. Ohara, L. F. Tencatt, M. Britto
2016Zootaxa10 citations Open access
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A new species of Characidium Reinhardt (Ostariophysi: Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from headwaters of Rio Pacaás Novos, Rio Madeira basin, Rondônia, Brazil.
A. Zanata, W. Ohara
2015Zootaxa10 citations Open access
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Redescription of Astyanax guaporensis Eigenmann, 1911 (Characiformes: Characidae), a small characid from the rio Madeira basin.
M. Marinho, W. Ohara
2013Zootaxa10 citations Open access
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Hyphessobrycon platyodus (Teleostei: Characiformes), a new species from the Rio Madeira basin, Brazil, with comments on how multicuspid teeth relate to feeding habits in Characidae.
W. Ohara, Vitor Pimenta Abrahão, V. C. Espindola
2017Journal of Fish Biology9 citations
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Ichthyofauna of the upper Juruena river on Chapada dos Parecis, Mato Grosso, Brazil
W. Ohara, M. V. Loeb
20169 citations Open access
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Jupiaba citrina, a new species from rio Aripuanã, rio Madeira basin, Amazonas and Mato Grosso States, Brazil (Characiformes: Characidae)
A. Zanata, W. Ohara
20099 citations Open access
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Inventory of the fish fauna from Laranjinha River, Paranapanema River system, Brazil
B. A. Galindo, R. R. Ota, T. D. Garcia, R. H. C. Nascimento +9 more
2020Biota Neotropica8 citations Open access
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Hyphessobrycon petricolus, a new species of tetra (Characiformes: Characidae) from the rio Madeira basin, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
W. Ohara, F. Lima, B. Barros
2017Zootaxa8 citations
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Moenkhausia uirapuru, a new species from the upper rio Guapore, Chapada dos Parecis, Mato Grosso, Brazil (Teleostei: Characidae)
W. Ohara, F. Lima
20158 citations
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A new species of Brachychalcinus (Characiformes: Characidae) from the rio Xingu basin, Serra do Cachimbo, Brazil.
J. Garcia-Ayala, W. Ohara, M. Pastana, R. C. Benine
2017Zootaxa7 citations Open access
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Two exquisite new species of Hoplisoma (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) from the rio Tapajós basin, Brazil, with a discussion on the morphology of the mesethmoid within Corydoradinae
L. F. Tencatt, W. Ohara, Vandergleison de Carvalho, Steven Grant +1 more
2025Neotropical Ichthyology6 citations Open access
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A new species of Characidium (Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from the rio Madeira basin, Brazil.
A. Zanata, W. Ohara
2020Journal of Fish Biology6 citations
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A New Miniature Species of Serrapinnus (Characiformes: Characidae) from the Upper Rio Araguaia, Brazil
F. C. Jerep, F. Dagosta, W. Ohara
2018Copeia6 citations
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New banded Leporinus (Characiformes: Anostomidae) from the Madeira River basin, Brazil, and redescription of L. bleheri, based on integrative taxonomy
Mariana Pascoal Boaretto, W. Ohara, Lenice Souza-Shibatta, José Luís Olivan Birindelli
2024Neotropical Ichthyology4 citations Open access
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A new species of Amazonian bluntnose knifefish Brachyhypopomus (Gymnotiformes: Hypopomidae), with comments on its phylogenetic position
G. Dutra, L. Peixoto, L. Ochoa, W. Ohara +3 more
20214 citations
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A new species of Odontostilbe Cope (Characiformes: Cheirodontinae) from rio Madeira basin diagnosed based on morphological and molecular data.
Junior Chuctaya, W. Ohara, L. Malabarba
2020Journal of Fish Biology4 citations
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Genetic diversity and population structure of Brycon nattereri (Characiformes: Bryconidae): a Neotropical fish under threat of extinction
B. A. Galindo, D. G. Ferreira, C. Apolinário-Silva, M. C. Terra +5 more
2019Neotropical Ichthyology4 citations Open access
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Two new miniature translucent catfish species of the rare genus Tridens (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from the Madeira River basin, northern Brazil.
E. Henschel, W. Ohara, W. Costa
2023Journal of Fish Biology3 citations Open access
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A new rheophilic species of Knodus Eigenmann (Characiformes: Characidae: Stevardiinae) from the upper rio Juruena, rio Tapajós basin, Chapada dos Parecis, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
K. Ferreira, W. Ohara
2023Zootaxa3 citations Open access
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Geophagus pyrineusi: a new species from the rio Teles Pires, rio Tapajs basin, Brazil (Cichliformes: Cichlidae: Geophagini).
Gabriel de Carvalho Depr, W. Ohara, Hugmar Pains da Silva
2022Zootaxa3 citations Open access
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A new species of Microschemobrycon (Characiformes: Characidae) from Rio Xingu basin, Brazil.
W. Ohara, Fernado C. Jerep, M. Cavallaro
2019Zootaxa3 citations Open access
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Description of a New Species of Hyphessobrycon (Characiformes: Acestrorhamphidae) from Rio Madeira, a Greatly Impacted Region of the Amazon Rainforest, Apuí, Brazil
Murilo Nogueira de Lima Pastana, G. Dutra, W. Ohara, T. F. Teixeira +1 more
2025Ichthyology & Herpetology2 citations
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Revalidation and redescription of Moenkhausia madeirae Fowler from the rio Madeira basin in Brazil and Bolivia (Characiformes: Characidae)
F. Lima, T. C. Faria, W. Ohara, B. Barros
2020Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia2 citations
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Engraulisoma taeniatum Castro, 1981 (Characiformes: Characidae): range extension with new records in the rio Madeira basin, Rondônia and Amazonas states, Brazil
W. Ohara
20122 citations Open access
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A new restricted-range Melanorivulus (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae) from the upper rio Guaporé, Chapada dos Parecis, Brazil.
D. Nielsen, W. Ohara
2024Zootaxa1 citations Open access
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Fish fauna of moderate altitude from first order stream in upper Rio Machado, Rondônia, Brazil
M. V. Loeb, W. Ohara
2022Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia1 citations Open access
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On the type locality of Sorubim trigonocephalus Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920 (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae).
W. Ohara, E. B. Neuhaus
2016Zootaxa1 citations Open access
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A new species of diminutive spiny driftwood catfish Spinipterus (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae) from the Madeira River system, Amazon basin, Brazil
B. Calegari, W. Ohara, A. Akama, Jansen Zuanon
2026Neotropical Ichthyology0 citations Open access
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A new Hoplisoma species (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) from the Rio Madeira basin, Brazilian Amazon
S. Lam, Vinicius de Carvalho Cardoso Cassaro, W. Ohara, Murilo Nogueira de Lima Pastana
2026Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia0 citations Open access
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A new Hyphessobrycon (Characiformes: Acestrorhamphidae) of the Hyphessobrycon agulha lineage of Hyphessobryconinae from the lower Aripuanã basin, Brazil, with comments about the lineage
T. C. Faria, W. Ohara, I. Monteiro, Claudio Oliveira
2026Journal of Fish Biology0 citations Open access
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One species, two basins: a new Hyphessobrycon (Characiformes: Acestrorhamphidae) from the upper rio Juruena and rio Guaporé basins, Mato Grosso, Brazil
F. Dagosta, W. Ohara, Thomaz Jefrey Seren
2026Neotropical Ichthyology0 citations Open access
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A new species of Tridensimilis (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from Tapajós basin: the largest translucent catfish species of Tridentinae
André L. Colares Canto, Aléssio Datovo, W. Ohara, M. D. De Pinna +1 more
2026Neotropical Ichthyology0 citations Open access
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