The seazonal variation of larval distribution of Mylossoma aureum and M. duriventre (Osteichthyes: Serrasalmidae), were studied in the coast of Catalão, Amazon River during three years. Only the first feeding stage larvae were found drifting on the river. Larvae were more abundant near the banks than in the middle river channel. The average larval drift lasted 109 days, varying from November-January to April-May. The variation of larval abundance was not related to the rain or the moon phases, but only to an increase of water level for M. aureum in year of 1994-1995.
Amazon; fish; larvae; seazonal distribution; Characiformes