| Phylogenetic relationships within the speciose family Characidae (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Characiformes) based on multilocus analysis and extensive ingroup sampling C Oliveira, GS Avelino, KT Abe, TC Mariguela, RC Benine, G Ortí, RP Vari, ... BMC evolutionary biology 11, 1-25, 2011 | 410 | 2011 |
| Estrutura e composição da ictiofauna de riachos do rio Paranapanema, sudeste e sul do Brasil R Castro, L Casatti, HF Santos, KM Ferreira, AC Ribeiro, RC Benine, ... Biota Neotropica 3, 1-31, 2003 | 307 | 2003 |
| Taxonomy based on science is necessary for global conservation SA Thomson, RL Pyle, ST Ahyong, M Alonso-Zarazaga, J Ammirati, ... PLoS biology 16 (3), e2005075, 2018 | 213 | 2018 |
| Estrutura e composição da ictiofauna de riachos da bacia do rio Grande no estado de São Paulo, sudeste do Brasil R Castro, L Casatti, HF Santos, ALA Melo, LSF Martins, KM Ferreira, ... Biota Neotropica 4, 01-39, 2004 | 133 | 2004 |
| New species of Moenkhausia Eigenmann, 1903 (Characiformes: Characidae) with comments on the Moenkhausia oligolepis species complex RC Benine, TC Mariguela, C Oliveira Neotropical Ichthyology 7, 161-168, 2009 | 99 | 2009 |
| Structure and composition of the stream ichthyofauna of four tributary rivers of the upper Rio Paraná basin, Brazil RMC Castro, L Casatti, HF Santos, RP Vari, ALA Melo, LSF Martins, ... Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 16 (3), 193, 2005 | 82 | 2005 |
| A new species of Tetragonopterus cuvier, 1816 (Characiformes: Characidae: Tetragonopterinae) from the rio Jari, Amapá, northern Brazil BF Melo, RC Benine, TC Mariguela, C Oliveira Neotropical Ichthyology 9, 49-56, 2011 | 74 | 2011 |
| Molecular phylogeny of Moenkhausia (Characidae) inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear DNA evidence TC Mariguela, RC Benine, KT Abe, GS Avelino, C Oliveira Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 51 (4), 327-332, 2013 | 44 | 2013 |
| Accelerated diversification explains the exceptional species richness of tropical characoid fishes BF Melo, BL Sidlauskas, TJ Near, FF Roxo, A Ghezelayagh, LE Ochoa, ... Systematic Biology 71 (1), 78-92, 2022 | 41 | 2022 |
| Molecular phylogeny of Aphyocharacinae (Characiformes, Characidae) with morphological diagnoses for the subfamily and recognized genera VA Tagliacollo, R Souza-Lima, RC Benine, C Oliveira Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 64 (2), 297-307, 2012 | 38 | 2012 |
| Amazon aquatic biodiversity imperiled by oil spills VM Azevedo-Santos, JR Garcia-Ayala, PM Fearnside, FA Esteves, ... Biodiversity and Conservation 25, 2831-2834, 2016 | 37 | 2016 |
| Estrutura e composição da ictiofauna de riachos do Rio Paranapanema, sudeste e sul do Brasil. Biota Neotrop. 3 (1): 1-31 RMC Castro, L Casatti, HF Santos, KM Ferreira, AC Ribeiro, RC Benine, ... | 32 | 2003 |
| A new species of Creagrutus Günther (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Characiformes), from the upper Rio Paraná basin, central Brazil AC Ribeiro, RC Benine, CA Figueiredo Journal of Fish Biology 64 (3), 597-611, 2004 | 30 | 2004 |
| Lophiobrycon weitzmani, a new genus and species of glandulocaudine fish (Characiformes: Characidae) from the rio Grande drainage, upper rio Paraná system, southeastern Brazil R Castro, AC Ribeiro, RC Benine, ALA Melo Neotropical Ichthyology 1, 11-19, 2003 | 30 | 2003 |
| Moenkhausia bonita: A new small characin fish from the Rio Paraguay basin, southwestern Brazil (Characiformes: Characidae) RC Benine, RMC Castro, J Sabino Copeia 2004 (1), 68-73, 2004 | 28 | 2004 |
| Characidae, genera incertae sedis FCT Lima, LR Malabarba, PA Buckup, JF Pezzi da Silva, RP Vari, ... Check list of the freshwater fishes of South and Central America, 729, 2003 | 27 | 2003 |
| Taxonomic revision and molecular phylogeny of Gymnocorymbus Eigenmann, 1908 (Teleostei, Characiformes, Characidae) RC Benine, BF Melo, RMC Castro, C Oliveira Zootaxa 3956 (1), 1-28, 2015 | 26 | 2015 |
| Spermatic characteristics and sperm evolution on the subfamily Stevardiinae (Ostariophysi: Characiformes: Characidae) CM Baicere-Silva, KM Ferreira, LR Malabarba, RC Benine, ... Neotropical Ichthyology 9, 377-392, 2011 | 26 | 2011 |
| A new species of Microglanis (Siluriformes: Pseudopimelodidae) from upper rio Paraná basin, Brazil OA Shibatta, RC Benine Neotropical Ichthyology 3, 579-585, 2005 | 25 | 2005 |
| Moenkhausia levidorsa, a new species from rio Aripuanã, Amazon basin, Brazil (Characiformes: Characidae) RC Benine Ichthyol Explor Freshwat 13, 289-294, 2002 | 24 | 2002 |
