scholarly journals Description of a new species of Tetranematichthys (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae) from the lower Amazon basin, Brazil

2010 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luiz Antônio Wanderley Peixoto ◽  
Wolmar Benjamin Wosiacki
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Sexual Dimorphism ◽  
Amazon Basin ◽  
Anterior Margin ◽  
Distal Portion ◽  
Interspecific Relationships ◽  
Coloration Pattern ◽  
A New Species

Tetranematichthys barthemi is described from the mouth of the rio Trombetas and related tributaries (rios Saracá and Araticum) and rio Urubu, tributary of the rio Amazon. Tetranematichthys barthemi shares with its congeners the anterior alignment of the mandibular barbels and well-developed portion of the protractor hyoid muscle connected to the mandibular barbel. It is distinguished from these species by a serrated anterior margin on the distal portion of the mandibular barbel, different from the more derived state which is composed of conspicuous digitiform elaboration in the distal portion of the barbel. Tetranematichthys barthemi can also be distinguished from its congeners by combination of characters related to morphometry and coloration pattern. Comments on sexual dimorphism, changes to the extremities of the mandibular barbels and possible interspecific relationships are presented herein.

Peckoltia compta, a new species of catfish from the Brazilian Amazon, rio Tapajos basin (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2534 (1) ◽  
pp. 48 ◽  
Author(s):  
RENILDO RIBEIRO DE OLIVEIRA ◽  
JANSEN ZUANON ◽  
LUCIA RAPP PY-DANIEL ◽  
MARCELO SALLES ROCHA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Amazon Basin ◽  
Anterior Margin ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Brazilian Amazon ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Nominal Species ◽  
Dark Stripe ◽  
A New Species

The loricariid genus Peckoltia currently encompasses 13 valid species ranging throughout the Amazon basin in Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, and Guyanas. Peckoltia is included in the tribe Ancistrini, but its relationships with other taxa within the tribe are not well established. In this paper we describe a new species of Peckoltia from the rio Tapajos drainage, Para State, Brazil. Peckoltia compta, new species, is characterized by a bold color pattern consisting of large dark transversal bars on body and thick longitudinal dark stripes on snout and head. The new species is most similar in color pattern to P. vittata but can be distinguished from all its congeners by the presence of a pale line inside each dark stripe running from the snout tip to anterior margin of eyes (vs. absence of such clear lines and a mottled appearance in P. vittata, and a mix of vermiculations and spots on the head of the remaining congeners). A brief discussion on the taxonomic status of the nominal species Peckoltia vittata is also presented.

scholarly journals A new species of Boehlkea (Characiformes: Characidae: Stevardiinae) from the rio Japurá, Amazon basin, Brazil

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabel M. Soares ◽  
Vinicius A. Bertaco ◽  
Priscila Madoka M. Ito ◽  
Jansen Zuanon
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Lateral Line ◽  
Amazon Basin ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
Distal Portion ◽  
Lower Number ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Basal Half ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Pelvic Fin

ABSTRACT A new species of Boehlkea is described from rio Japurá, Amazon basin. The new species differs from B. fredcochui by the presence of a vertically elongate humeral spot (vs. absence), complete lateral line (vs. incomplete), four rows of scales below lateral line (vs. three), and lower number of branched anal-fin rays (17-21 vs. 22-25), and from B. orcesi by the higher number of maxillary teeth (13-14 vs. 5-12), greater head length (27.9-29.9% vs. 24.3-27.5% of SL), and by the color pattern (basal half of dorsal-fin, distal portion of pelvic-fin, lower caudal-fin lobe and anal-fin with black chromatophores vs. absence of black chromatophores in the fins).

A new species of Munidopsis (Anomura, Galatheoidea, Munidopsidae) from the Gulf of California, western Mexico

Crustaceana ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 86 (11) ◽  
pp. 1304-1315 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michel E. Hendrickx ◽  
Manuel Ayón-Parente
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Gulf Of California ◽  
Anterior Margin ◽  
Distal Portion ◽  
Posterior Half ◽  
Western Mexico ◽  
East Pacific ◽  
Pacific Species ◽  
A New Species

A new species ofMunidopsisWhiteaves, 1784 is described from the SW Gulf of California, western Mexico. The new species differs from all other known species ofMunidopsisof the East Pacific by the presence of numerous antero-posteriorly compressed processes on the carapace, many of which are truncate and with crenulated anterior margin, by its oval-shaped carapace, wider in its posterior half, and by the short, subrectangular, narrow rostrum with an upturned distal portion. It also differs from the East Pacific species and other species ofMunidopsisby the densely pitted carapace and appendages.

A new species of Hisonotus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Aripuanã river, Amazon basin, Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4504 (4) ◽  
pp. 577 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANGELICA C. DIAS ◽  
GABRIEL S. C. SILVA ◽  
CLAUDIO OLIVEIRA ◽  
FÁBIO F. ROXO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Amazon Basin ◽  
Caudal Fin ◽  
Morphometric Characters ◽  
Coloration Pattern ◽  
The Right ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Rio Madeira ◽  
Lateral Plates

A new species of Hisonotus from rio Juma, located at the right margin of the lower rio Aripuanã, rio Madeira basin is described. The new species is distinguished from its congeners mainly by a reddish-tipped premaxillary and dentary teeth, a V-shaped spinelet, three lateral plates in abdominal series, the coloration pattern of caudal fin with three transversal dark bars, and by morphometric characters. 

Poecilia (Pamphorichthys) akroa, a new poeciliid species (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae) from the Rio Tocantins basin, Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4461 (3) ◽  
pp. 438
Author(s):  
CARLOS AUGUSTO FIGUEIREDO ◽  
CRISTIANO R. MOREIRA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Sensory System ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
Distal Portion ◽  
The Body ◽  
Caudal Peduncle ◽  
Posterior Portion ◽  
Anterior Branch ◽  
Black Blotch ◽  
A New Species

A new species, Poecilia (Pamphorichthys) akroa, is described from the Rio Tocantins drainage, Brazil. The new species differs from the remaining species of the genus by the possession of 10 or 11 pectoral-fin rays, entire preopercular ramus and posterior portion of the supraorbital ramus of the cephalic sensory system enclosed in canals, a faint longitudinal band along the body, a single gonapophysis, a homogeneous reticulate color pattern on sides of body, urogenital region of females heavily pigmented, distalmost segments of the anterior branch (4a) of the fourth gonopodial ray fused into an elongated segment turned anteriorly, subdistal segments of anterior branch (5a) of fifth gonopodial ray simple, without anterior (ventral) projections, dorsal fin with pigmentation at its distal portion and with a basal black blotch, and chromatophores more concentrated on the posterior margin of the mid-ventral scale series of the caudal peduncle and ventrolateral margin of the adjacent scales forming a series of rhombi posterior to anal fin. 

scholarly journals Microglanis carlae, a new species of bumblebee catfish (Siluriformes: Pseudopimelodidae) from the río Paraguay basin in Paraguay

2008 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 425-432 ◽  
Author(s):  
Héctor S. Vera Alcaraz ◽  
Weferson J. da Graça ◽  
Oscar A. Shibatta
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Complex ◽  
Anterior Margin ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
Caudal Peduncle ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Fin Ray ◽  
Pectoral Spine ◽  
Adipose Fin ◽  
A New Species

Microglanis carlae, new species, is described from the río Paraguay basin and distinguished from its congeners by the following combination of characters: paired and anal fins mottled or with thin faint bands, trunk with dark-brown saddles, anterior margin of pectoral spine with serrations retrorse proximally and antrorse distally, tip of pectoral spine as a distinct bony point, continuous portion of lateral line reaching vertical through last dorsal-fin ray, caudal peduncle with irregularly shaped, faint to dark blotch, maxillary barbel surpassing vertical through dorsal-spine origin, and dark bar on posterior flank continuous from base of adipose fin to that of anal fin. The new species is included in the Microglanis parahybae species complex on the basis of color pattern.

scholarly journals New species of Cyphocharax (Characiformes: Curimatidae) from the upper rio Negro, Amazon basin

2014 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 327-332 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruno F. Melo ◽  
Richard P. Vari
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Amazon Basin ◽  
Caudal Peduncle ◽  
Caudal Fin ◽  
Rio Negro ◽  
Fin Rays ◽  
Dark Pigmentation ◽  
Northern Brazil ◽  
Adipose Fin ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Cyphocharax, Curimatidae, apparently endemic to the blackwater upper rio Negro of the Amazon basin in northern Brazil, is described.The new species is readily distinguished from its congeners by the presence of a distinctly longitudinally elongate, posteriorly vertically expanding patch of dark pigmentation along the midlateral surface of the caudal peduncle, with the patch extending from the base of the middle caudal-fin rays anteriorly past the vertical through the posterior terminus of the adipose fin. The new species additionally differs from all congeners in details of body and fin pigmentation and meristic and morphometric ratios. Evidence for the assignment of the species to Cyphocharax and the occurrence of other species of the Curimatidae apparently endemic to the upper rio Negro catchment is discussed.

scholarly journals A new species of Anchoviella Fowler, 1911 (Clupeiformes: Engraulidae) from the Amazon basin, Brazil

2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina V. Loeb
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Standard Length ◽  
Posterior Margin ◽  
Amazon Basin ◽  
Head Length ◽  
Estuarine Species ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Fin Ray ◽  
Upper Jaw ◽  
A New Species

Anchoviella juruasanga is described from the drainages of rios Negro, Madeira, Tapajós, Trombetas, Tocantins, and Jari, in the Amazon basin, Brazil. The new species is distinguished from its congeners by having a short upper jaw, with its posterior tip extending between the verticals through anterior and posterior margins of the pupil (vs. posterior tip of upper jaw extending beyond the vertical through posterior margin of the pupil). Anchoviella juruasanga is also distinct from other strictly freshwater Amazonian species of the genus by the distance from tip of snout to posterior end of upper jaw between 8 and 11% in standard length (vs. 14% or more in A. alleni, A. carrikeri, A. guianensis, and A. jamesi). The anal-fin origin slightly posterior to or at the vertical through the base of the last dorsal-fin ray further distinguishes the new species from A. alleni (anal-fin origin posterior to the vertical through the last anal-fin ray by at least 14% of head length) and A. jamesi (anal-fin origin anterior to the vertical through the last anal-fin ray). An identification key for the Amazonian species of Anchoviella, including marine and estuarine species known to occur in the lower portion of the basin, is presented.

scholarly journals A new species of sea urchin associating clingfish of the genus Dellichthys from New Zealand (Teleostei, Gobiesocidae)

ZooKeys ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 740 ◽  
pp. 77-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin W. Conway ◽  
Andrew L. Stewart ◽  
Adam P. Summers
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Sexual Dimorphism ◽  
Sea Urchin ◽  
Coastal Waters ◽  
Sensory System ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Shallow Coastal Waters

A new species of clingfish, Dellichthystrnskii sp. n. is described on the basis of 27 specimens, 11.9–46.0 mm SL, collected from intertidal and shallow coastal waters of New Zealand. It is distinguished from its only congener, D.morelandi Briggs, 1955 by characters of the cephalic sensory system and oral jaws, snout shape, and colouration in life. A rediagnosis is provided for D.morelandi, which is shown to exhibit sexual dimorphism in snout shape.

A new species of Chimarra from China (Trichoptera, Philopotamidae) with description of its larva

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4504 (2) ◽  
pp. 253
Author(s):  
YAN-LI HU ◽  
BEI-XIN WANG ◽  
CHANG-HAI SUN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Adult Male ◽  
Anterior Margin ◽  
Zhejiang Province ◽  
Gene Sequences ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Mtcoi Gene

The adult male and larva of a new species in the genus Chimarra Stephens, Chimarra paramonorum n. sp., are described, diagnosed, and illustrated based on the specimens collected in Zhejiang Province, China. The larva and adult male were associated by mtCOI gene sequences. The male can be separated from C. monorum and C. thienemanni mainly by small preanal appendages and by wrinkled, hairless endotheca. The larva of the new species can be separated from other congeners by a combination of characters including the notch on the anterior margin of the frontoclypeus, the teeth of the mandibles, and the length of the seta-bearing process of each forecoxa. The larval description is the first for Chimarra in China. 

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