Tis study was supported by Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient?fco e Tecnol?gico - CNPq (Proc. nos 401962/2016-4 and 304992/2015-1), Funda??o de Amparo ? Pesquisa do Estado de S?o Paulo- FAPESP (Proc. No 2016/22196-2) and CAPES/Alexander von Humboldt (Proc. No. 88881.136128/2017-01). Further, by the project EXCELLENCE CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/15_003/0000460 OP RDE and with the institutional support RVO: 679859...
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES); The order Osteoglossiformes represent one of the most basal groups among the Teleosteos. These fishes live exclusively on freshwater environments and are characterized by the presence of a bonytongue. The group is a good model for evolutive studies due the presence of alive representatives in all continental lands localized on south hemisphere...