A New Species of Moenkhausia Eigenmann, 1903 (Characiformes, Characidae) from the Upper Rio Negro Basin, Brazil
A new species of Moenkhausia is described from Rio Curicuriari and Rio Tiquié, both right-bank tributaries of the upper Rio Negro basin, Amazonas State, Brazil. The new taxon differs from all congeners, except M. agnesae and M. beninei, by the combination of a sinuous humeral blotch, similar to a co...
| Autor principal: | Soares, Isabel Matos |
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| Outros Autores: | Lima, Flávio César Thadeo, Bastos, Douglas A., Py-daniel, Lúcia Rapp |
| Grau: | Artigo |
| Idioma: | English |
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Copeia
2020
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https://repositorio.inpa.gov.br/handle/1/16664 |
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A new species of Moenkhausia is described from Rio Curicuriari and Rio Tiquié, both right-bank tributaries of the upper Rio Negro basin, Amazonas State, Brazil. The new taxon differs from all congeners, except M. agnesae and M. beninei, by the combination of a sinuous humeral blotch, similar to a compressed letter Z, and distinct dark longitudinal stripes along the body sides. The new species can be distinguished from M. agnesae and M. beninei by the presence of a single humeral blotch and of longitudinal stripes running through the center of the scales, more conspicuous dorsally. © 2019 by the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. |