Title
A new species of bryconops (characiformes: Iguanodectidae) from the rio tapajós basin, Brazil
Date Issued
09 May 2018
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Wingert J.M.
Malabarba L.R.
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Publisher(s)
Magnolia Press
Abstract
A new species of Bryconops is described from upper rio Juruena drainage, rio Tapajós basin, Amazon basin, state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. The new species is hypothesized as belonging to the subgenus Creatochanes by presenting the posterior extension of maxilla reaching to the junction of second and third infraorbital bones, and the ventroposterior margin of second infraorbital forming a complete border with third infraorbital, resulting in the lack of a naked area between them. The new species is easily distinguished from other species of the subgenus Creatochanes by the color pattern of the caudal fin, which consists of the dorsal lobe conspicuously dark pigmented on its distal half and the ventral lobe dark gray pigmented along its ventral portion below the horizontal through the ventral margin of the caudal peduncle.
Start page
379
End page
387
Volume
4418
Issue
4
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Zoología, Ornitología, Entomología, ciencias biológicas del comportamiento
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85046730370
PubMed ID
Source
Zootaxa
ISSN of the container
11755326
Sponsor(s)
Authors are thankful to Carlos Lucena (MCP), Fernando D'Agosta, Murilo Pastana, Flávio Bockmann (LIRP), and Paulo A. Buckup (MNRJ) for loan of material under their care, and Rodrigo J. Ilário for the photograph of the live specimen of the new species. The authors are also grateful for comments and suggestions made by two anonymous referees. Financial support to the authors was provided by CNPq.
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