I am a Brazilian Biologist, master in Animal Biology and PhD candidate in Biodiversity by the Programa de Pós Graduação em Biodiversidade in the Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho" (UNESP-IBILCE). My research is concentrated in Zoology, specifically in Ichthyology and I am dedicating my works to the Taxonomy, Systematics, Natural History, Ecology and Behavior of Neotropical freshwater fishes, with an emphasis in Triportheidae and other Characiformes.