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This chapter provides a broad overview of fish diversity and ecology in the Brazilian Amazon and the purposes of this book.
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Keppeler, F.W., Silvano, R.A.M. (2020). Introduction: Fishes of the Brazilian Amazon. In: Silvano, R.A. (eds) Fish and Fisheries in the Brazilian Amazon. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49146-8_1
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