| Check list of the freshwater fishes of South and Central America RE Reis, SO Kullander, CJ Ferraris Edipucrs, 2003 | 1669 | 2003 |
| Freshwater ecoregions of the world: a new map of biogeographic units for freshwater biodiversity conservation R Abell, ML Thieme, C Revenga, M Bryer, M Kottelat, N Bogutskaya, ... BioScience 58 (5), 403-414, 2008 | 1261 | 2008 |
| Livro vermelho da fauna ameaçada de extinção no Rio Grande do Sul CS Fontana, GA Bencke, RE Reis Edipucrs, 2003 | 413* | 2003 |
| Genera incertae sedis in Characidae FCT Lima, LR Malabarba, PA Buckup, JF Silva, RP Vari, R Benine, ... Check list of the freshwater fishes of South and Central America, 2003 | 410 | 2003 |
| Historical biogeography of Neotropical freshwater fishes JS Albert, R Reis Univ of California Press, 2011 | 244 | 2011 |
| Phylogeny and classification of Neotropical fishes LR Malabarba, RE Reis, RP Vari, ZMS Lucena, CAS Lucena Phylogeny and classification of Neotropical fishes, 1998 | 219 | 1998 |
| Fish biodiversity and conservation in South America RE Reis, JS Albert, F Di Dario, MM Mincarone, P Petry, LA Rocha Journal of fish biology 89 (1), 12-47, 2016 | 210 | 2016 |
| Major biogeographic and phylogenetic patterns JS Albert, P Petry, RE Reis Historical biogeography of Neotropical freshwater fishes 1, 2011 | 196 | 2011 |
| The temporal context for the diversification of Neotropical fishes JG Lundberg Phylogeny and classification of Neotropical fishes, 49-68, 1998 | 177 | 1998 |
| Anatomy and phylogenetic analysis of the neotropical callichthyid catfishes (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes) RE REIS Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 124 (2), 105-168, 1998 | 129 | 1998 |
| Revision of the neotropical catfish genus Hoplosternum (Ostariophysi: Siluriformes: Callichthyidae), with the description of two new genera and three new species RE Reis Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 7, 299-326, 1997 | 126 | 1997 |
| Lista das espécies da fauna ameaçadas de extinção no Rio Grande do Sul AAB Marques, CS Fontana, E Vélez, GA Bencke, M Schneider, RE Reis Decreto, 2002 | 117 | 2002 |
| Delturinae, a new loricariid catfish subfamily (Teleostei, Siluriformes), with revisions of Delturus and Hemipsilichthys RE Reis, EHL Pereira, JW Armbruster Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 147 (2), 277-299, 2006 | 103 | 2006 |
| Subfamily Bryconinae (Characins, tetras) FCT Lima Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. EDPURCS …, 2003 | 97 | 2003 |
| Continental-scale tectonic controls of biogeography and ecology FCT Lima, AC Ribeiro Historical biogeography of Neotropical freshwater fishes 145, 164, 2011 | 92 | 2011 |
| Phylogenetic systematics of Gymnotiformes with diagnoses of 58 clades: a review of available data JS Albert Phylogeny and classification of Neotropical fishes, 419-460, 1998 | 91 | 1998 |
| Introduction to Neotropical freshwaters JS Albert, RE Reis Historical biogeography of Neotropical freshwater fishes 3, 19, 2011 | 84 | 2011 |
| Maastrichtian to early late Paleocene freshwater Osteichthyes of Bolivia: additions and comments M Gayet, FJ Meunier Phylogeny and classification of Neotropical fishes, 85-110, 1998 | 83 | 1998 |
| Conserving the freshwater fishes of S outh A merica RE Reis International Zoo Yearbook 47 (1), 65-70, 2013 | 82 | 2013 |
| New cascudinhos from southern Brazil: systematics, endemism, and relationships (Siluriformes, Loricariidae, Hypoptopomatinae). American Museum novitates; no. 3254 RE Reis, SA Schaefer New York, NY: American Museum of Natural History, 1998 | 81 | 1998 |