Willian M. Ohara

Willian Massaharu Ohara, Brazilian ichthyologist.

• Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 13 taxon names authored by Willian M. Ohara

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

2015

• Ohara, W.M. & Lima, F.C.T. 2015. Hyphessobrycon lucenorum (Characiformes: Characidae), a new species from the rio Madeira basin, Rondônia State, Brazil. Zootaxa 3972(4): 562–572. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3972.4.7 Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• Zanata, A.M. & Ohara, W.M., 2015: A new species of Characidium Reinhardt (Ostariophysi: Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from headwaters of rio Pacaás Novos, rio Madeira basin, Rondônia, Brazil. Zootaxa 4021(2): 368–376. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4021.2.7. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• Ohara, W.M. & Lima, F.C.T. 2015. Moenkhausia uirapuru, a new species from the upper rio Guaporé, Chapada dos Parecis, Mato Grosso, Brazil (Teleostei: Characidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 26(2): 159–170. PDF. Reference page. 

2016

• Tencatt, L.F.C. & Ohara, W.M. 2016. Two new species of Corydoras Lacépède, 1803 (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) from the rio Madeira basin, Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology 14(1): e150063. DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-20150063 Reference page. 
• Ohara, W.M. & Marinho, M.M.F. 2016. A new species of Moenkhausia Eigenmann (Characiformes: Characidae) from the upper rio Machado at Chapada dos Parecis, rio Madeira basin, Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology 14(1): e150041 (pp. 37–44). DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-20150041 Reference page. 
• Ohara, W.M. & Neuhaus, E.B. 2016. On the type locality of Sorubim trigonocephalus Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920 (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae). Zootaxa 4137(2): 291–295. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4137.2.11. Reference page. 
• Ohara, W.M., Da Costa, I.D. & Fonseca, M.L. 2016. Behaviour, feeding habits and ecology of the blind catfish Phreatobius sanguijuela (Ostariophysi: Siluriformes). Journal of Fish Biology 89(2): 1285–1301. DOI: 10.1111/jfb.13037 Reference page. 
• Ohara, W.M., Tencatt, L.F.C. & Britto, M.R. 2016. Wrapped in flames: Corydoras hephaestus, a new remarkably colored species from the Rio Madeira basin (Teleostei: Callichthyidae). Zootaxa 4170(3): 539–552. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4170.3.7 Reference page. 
• Pastana, M.N. de L. & Ohara, W.M. 2016. A new species of Hyphessobrycon Durbin (Characiformes: Characidae) from rio Aripuanã, rio Madeira basin, Brazil. Zootaxa 4161(3): 386–398. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4161.3.6. Reference page. 
• Tencatt, L.F.C. & Ohara, W.M. 2016. A new long-snouted species of Corydoras Lacépède, 1803 (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) from the rio Madeira basin. Zootaxa 4144(3): 430–442. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4144.3.9. Reference page. 

2017

• Garcia-Ayala, J.R., Ohara, W.M., Pastana, M.N.L. & Benine, R.C. 2017. A new species of Brachychalcinus (Characiformes: Characidae) from the rio Xingu basin, Serra do Cachimbo, Brazil. Zootaxa 4362(4): 564–574. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4362.4.5 Reference page. 
• Ohara, W.M., Lima, F.C.T. & Barros, B.S.F. 2017. Hyphessobrycon petricolus, A New Species of Tetra (Characiformes: Characidae) from the rio Madeira basin, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Zootaxa 4221(2): 242–250. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4221.2.8 Reference page. 
• Ohara, W.M., Mirande, J.M. & Lima, F.C.T. 2017. Phycocharax rasbora, a new genus and species of Brazilian tetra (Characiformes: Characidae) from Serra do Cachimbo, rio Tapajós basin. PLoS ONE 12(2): e0170648. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0170648 Reference page. 

2019

• Ohara, W.M., Jerep, F.C. & Cavallaro, M.R. 2019. A new species of Microschemobrycon (Characiformes: Characidae) from Rio Xingu basin, Brazil. Zootaxa 4576(2): 326–336. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4576.2.6 Reference page. 
• Ohara, W.M., Teixeira, T.F., Albornoz-Garzón, J.G., Mirande, J.M. & Lima, F.C.T. 2019. Hyphessobrycon rheophilus, a new species from rapids of the Amazon and Orinoco river basins (Characiformes: Characidae: Stethaprioninae). Zootaxa 4712(4): 561–575. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4712.4.5 Reference page. 
• de Santana, C.D., Crampton, W.G.R., Dillman, C.B., Frederico, R.G., Sabaj, M.H., Covain, R., Ready, J.S., Zuanon, J.A.S., Oliveira, R.R. de, Mendes-Júnior, R.N., Bastos, D.A., Teixeira, T. F., Mol, J.H., Ohara, W.M., Castro e Castro, N., Peixoto, L.A.W., Nagamachi, C., Sousa, L.M., Montag, L.F.A., Ribeiro, F.R.V., Waddell, J.C., Piorsky, N.M., Vari, R.P. & Wosiacki, W.B. 2019. Unexpected species diversity in electric eels with a description of the strongest living bioelectricity generator. Nature communications 10: 4000. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-11690-z Reference page. 

2023

• Ferreira, K.M. & Ohara, W.M. 2023. A new rheophilic species of Knodus Eigenmann (Characiformes: Characidae: Stevardiinae) from the upper rio Juruena, rio Tapajós basin, Chapada dos Parecis, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Zootaxa 5227(3): 365–377. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5227.3.5 Reference page.