scholarly journals A new species of scaly blenny of the genus Labrisomus (Actinopterygii: Labrisomidae) from the tropical West Atlantic

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2015 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
IVAN SAZIMA ◽  
ALFREDO CARVALHO-FILHO ◽  
JOÃO LUIZ GASPARINI ◽  
CRISTINA SAZIMA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Dark Spot ◽  
Rocky Shores ◽  
Southwestern Atlantic ◽  
Western Atlantic ◽  
Light Blue ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Fernando De Noronha ◽  
A New Species

A new species of scaly blenny, Labrisomus conditus sp. n., is described from Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, off northeastern Brazil. It differs from its Western Atlantic congeners by the following combination of characters: nuchal cirri when depressed not reaching dorsal-fin origin, 68 to 73 lateral line scales, first and second dorsal-fin spines slightly shorter than third spine and not flexible, numerous pale dots overall (light blue in life), opercular dark spot with incomplete and diffuse broad pale margin (orange in life). The new species is a territorial bottom-dweller in rocky shores and is found among algae and in crevices at depths from 0.5 to 6 m. Labrisomus conditus sp. n. feeds mostly on crustaceans (crabs, amphipods) and molluscs (snails, bivalves). The new species increases to five the species within the genus Labrisomus recorded from Southwestern Atlantic.

scholarly journals Acyrtus pauciradiatus, a new species of clingfish (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae) from Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, Pernambuco state, Northeastern Brazil

2004 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 206-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cláudio L. S. Sampaio ◽  
José de Anchieta C. C. Nunes ◽  
Liana F. Mendes
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Fernando De Noronha ◽  
A New Species

Acyrtus pauciradiatus, new species, is described on the basis of three specimens collected at Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, state of Pernambuco, Brazil. It differs from its congeners by having a reduced number of rays in the pectoral, dorsal, and anal fins and is more isolated geographically, than any other species in the genus.

A new cleaner species of Elacatinus (Actinopterygii: Gobiidae) from the Southwestern Atlantic

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1932 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
IVAN SAZIMA ◽  
ALFREDO CARVALHO-FILHO ◽  
CRISTINA SAZIMA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Distal Portion ◽  
Oceanic Islands ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Southwestern Atlantic ◽  
Bright Yellow ◽  
Fernando De Noronha ◽  
Eye Diameter ◽  
Blue Line ◽  
Cleaning Stations

A new species of cleaner goby, Elacatinus phthirophagus sp. n., is described from Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, off northeastern Brazil. It differs from its congeners of the putative “randalli-evelynae” cleaning clade by the following combination of characters: mouth subterminal, pale (bright yellow in life) elliptical spot on dark snout, width of lateral pale (bright yellow in life) stripe almost equal as eye diameter (slightly narrower in live individuals), light purplish sheen (in life) extending laterally from below eye to tail origin, no blue line (in life) from below eye to end of opercular margin, teeth multiserial on the distal portion of both jaws, males with 3 enlarged and recurved teeth on dentary inner row. The new species was recorded at depths ranging from 3 to 18 m and is ubiquitous in the archipelago islets. It tends cleaning stations on coral heads, sponges, and rocky substrata, with up to 15 individuals present in large stations, particularly those on sponges. Elacatinus phthirophagus sp. n. was recorded to clean about 30 species of fish clients, including large carnivores such as the shark Carcharhinus perezi and smaller carnivores such as the grouper Cephalopholis fulva, besides small clients like the planktivorous damselfish Chromis multilineata and the zoobenthivorous butterflyfish Chaetodon ocellatus. The new species increases to three the number of cleaner gobies recorded for Southwestern Atlantic, one from the coast and two from oceanic islands.

Nandus prolixus, a new species of leaf fish from northeastern Borneo (Teleostei: Perciformes: Nandidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 1328 (1) ◽  
pp. 51 ◽  
Author(s):  
PROSANTA CHAKRABARTY ◽  
RONALD G. OLDFIELD ◽  
HEOK H. NG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Lateral Line ◽  
Slender Body ◽  
Dark Spot ◽  
Caudal Peduncle ◽  
Body Depth ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Fin Rays ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Pectoral Fin Rays

Nandus prolixus sp. nov. is described from the Sepilok River drainage in Sabah, northeastern Borneo. This species is distinguished from its only Sundaic southeastern Asian congener, N. nebulosus, in having a longer, more produced snout (25.7–30.6% HL vs. 18.5–26.1), more lateralline scales (33–37 vs. 24–34), more scales below the lateral line (12 vs. 10–11), fewer spines in the dorsal fin (XIV vs. XV–XVI), and fewer pectoral-fin rays (15–16 vs. 17–19). It differs from N. nandus (from India) in having fewer lateral-line scales (33–37 vs. 42–55), fewer scales above the lateral line (4–5 vs. 6–7), fewer scales below the lateral line (12 vs. 14–18), more dorsal spines (XIV vs. XII–XIII), and the absence (vs. presence) of a distinct dark spot at the base of the caudal peduncle. It differs from N. oxyrhynchus (from mainland southeastern Asia) in having a more slender body (body depth 37.6–40.5% SL vs. 41.3–44.1) and a less steeply sloping predorsal profile.

A new species of Chaceon Manning & Holthuis, 1989, from the southwestern Atlantic, with a key to the western Atlantic species (Crustacea, Decapoda, Geryonidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 3086 (1) ◽  
pp. 57 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARCOS TAVARES ◽  
ALLYSSON P. PINHEIRO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Deep Water ◽  
Southwestern Atlantic ◽  
Western Atlantic ◽  
A New Species

A new species of the deep-water crab genus Chaceon Manning & Holthuis, 1989 (Geryonidae Colosi, 1923), is described from southwestern Atlantic. It is the ninth species of the genus known from the western Atlantic. It is most closely related to C. eldorado Manning & Holthuis, 1989, C. notialis Manning & Holthuis, 1989, and C. ramosae Manning, Tavares & Albuquerque, 1989, from which it can be readily differentiated in having the dactyli of P2-P5 laterally compressed, instead of being dorsoventrally depressed. A key to the western Atlantic species of Chaceon is provided.

A new species of Gastrophanella from central western Atlantic, with a discussion of the family Siphonidiidae (Demospongiae: Lithistida)

2000 ◽  
Vol 80 (4) ◽  
pp. 599-605 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Muricy ◽  
J.V. Minervino
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Brazilian Coast ◽  
Western Atlantic ◽  
North East ◽  
The Family ◽  
Fernando De Noronha ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Gastrophanella, G. cavernicola sp. nov. (Demospongiae: Siphonidiidae), is described from submarine caves in Fernando de Noronha Island (north-east Brazil), Carrie Bow Cay and Columbus Cay, Belize (central Western Atlantic), at depths of 5-30 m. It differs from all other species of the genus by its lobate shape with thin superficial canals and centrotylote tylostrongyles. Gastrophanella cavernicola sp. nov. is the second record of the genus Gastrophanella from both Brazil and the Caribbean. It is the sixth ‘lithistid’ sponge reported from the Brazilian coast, whereas at least 32 other desma-bearing sponges are known from the Caribbean. The genus now includes five valid species, G. implexa Schmidt from the West Indies (type species), G. mammilliformis Burton from South Africa, G. primore Gómez from the Pacific Coast of Mexico, G. stylifera Mothes & Silva from south Brazil, and G. cavernicola sp. nov. from north-east Brazil and Belize. Aciculites oxytylota Lévi & Lévi from New Caledonia is transferred to Siphonidium Schmidt. The family Siphonidiidae Lendenfeld, which is probably related to order Hadromerida, is redefined to contain only Siphonidium and Gastrophanella, both with fused rhizoclone desmas associated to microspined exotyles.

Taxonomic notes on Chiococca and Salzmannia (Rubiaceae, Chiococceae) in northeastern Brazil, with a new combination and a new species

Phytotaxa ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 202 (1) ◽  
pp. 15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jomar Gomes Jardim ◽  
CHARLOTTE M. TAYLOR ◽  
Maria REGINA BARBOSA ◽  
MARIA DO CÉO R. PESSOA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Caribbean Basin ◽  
Fernando De Noronha ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
A New Species

Chiococca and Salzmannia are similar and related, but have not been well studied. A review of their morphology clarified their separation and found that some variation documented in Chiococca has been overlooked, and the corolla lobes of Salzmannia are narrowly imbricated, not valvate in bud, and its flowers are protandrous and homostylous, with the style markedly elongated after anthesis. Chiococca is represented in northeastern Brazil by four species, and their distinctions are clarified. The problematic species Erithalis insularis, of Fernando de Noronha Island, better agrees morphologically and biogeographically with Chiococca, and is here transferred to this genus with the new combination Chiococca insularis; Erithalis is therefore restricted to the Caribbean basin. Salzmannia is endemic to coastal eastern and northeastern Brazil, and comprises two species; S. arborea, described here, is found along the coast of Bahia and notable in its tree habit and dimorphic vegetative and reproductive stems.

A new species of Microschemobrycon (Characiformes: Characidae) from Rio Xingu basin, Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4576 (2) ◽  
pp. 326
Author(s):  
WILLIAN M. OHARA ◽  
FERNADO C. JEREP ◽  
MARCEL R. CAVALLARO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Lateral Line ◽  
Dark Spot ◽  
Ventral Margin ◽  
Caudal Peduncle ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Dark Stripe ◽  
Lower Jaw ◽  
Restricted Distribution ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Microschemobrycon with a restricted distribution was recently discovered in the Rio Curuá, Rio Xingu basin, Pará, Brazil. Microschemobrycon cryptogrammus new species can be promptly distinguished from all congeners by the presence of a rounded, dark, conspicuous caudal-peduncle blotch and by a subjacent dark midlateral stripe visible in life. Additionally, the new species can be distinguished from all its congeners, except M. elongatus, by the presence of a longitudinal dark stripe along the lower jaw. The new species can be distinguished from M. elongatus by presenting lateral line with 36–38 pored scales, anterior and posterior nostrils coalescend, dark chromatophores concentrated along the ventral margin of the caudal peduncle and by the presence in life of a dark spot at the base of the dorsal-fin origin. 

Thryssocypris wongrati, a new anchovy-like cyprinid (Cypriniformes) from the Chao Phraya basin, Thailand

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3586 (1) ◽  
pp. 228
Author(s):  
CHAIWUT GRUDPAN ◽  
JARUNGJIT GRUDPAN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Dark Spot ◽  
Irrigation Canals ◽  
Caudal Fin ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
A New Species

Thryssocypris wongrati, a new species of cyprinid from the Chao Phraya basin, Thailand, is distinguished from all otherspecies of Thryssocypris by having a combination of the origin of the dorsal fin behind the origin of the anal fin, 37–40lateral-line scales, 16 circumpeduncular scales, and a dark spot at the base of the caudal fin. Thryssocypris wongrati oc-cupies the lower part of the Chao Phraya basin where it has been recorded from irrigation canals in Sing-Buri up to the most northern part of the basin in the Nan River in Phitsanulok Province.

Review of blenniid fishes from Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, Brazil, with description of a new species of Scartella (Teleostei: Blenniidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2006 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
CARLOS A. RANGEL ◽  
LIANA F. MENDES
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Oceanic Islands ◽  
The Body ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Dark Line ◽  
Black And White ◽  
Caudal Vertebrae ◽  
Fin Rays ◽  
Fernando De Noronha ◽  
A New Species

Species of the family Blenniidae from Fernando de Noronha Archipelago (03°51’S, 32°26’W), an oceanic island 345 km off northeastern Brazil, are reviewed in this study, which includes the description of a new species of Scartella. The new species differs from its congeners by the combination of the following characters: well-marked diagonal dark line just under the eye, tiny black spots on the head, small black and white spots along the body, 14 segmented dorsal-fin rays, 15 segmented anal-fin rays, and 23 caudal vertebrae. This is the second Scartella species described from Brazilian oceanic islands.

Shallow-water Niphatidae (Haplosclerina, Haplosclerida, Demospongiae) from the São Sebastião Channel and its environs (tropical southwestern Atlantic), with the description of a new species

2005 ◽  
Vol 74 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 271-278 ◽  
Author(s):  
U. S. Pinheiro ◽  
R.G.S. Berlinck ◽  
E. Hajdu
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Shallow Water ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Southwestern Atlantic ◽  
Western Atlantic ◽  
A New Species

Two niphatids are described here: Amphimedon viridis and Pachychalina alcaloidifera sp. nov. Amphimedon viridis is a common and conspicuous species in most of the tropical western Atlantic. Pachychalina alcaloidifera sp. nov. has this far been found only in the coasts of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo states. Both species are described on the basis of series of specimens observed alive.

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