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Issue: Vol. 4147 No. 3: 4 Aug. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-08-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4147.3.2
Page range: 240–246
Abstract views: 57
PDF downloaded: 1

A new Otocinclus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae) from the Rio Juruena Basin, central Brazil

Departamento de Biologia e Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Av. Fernando Corrêa da Costa 2367, 78060-900, Cuiabá, MT, Brazil.
Laboratório de Ictiologia, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Av. Unisinos 950, 93022-000 São Leopoldo, RS, Brazil.
Pisces Catfish taxonomy systematics biodiversity Neotropical Region

Abstract

A new species of Otocinclus (Loricariidae) is described from the Rio Juruena, a right bank tributary of the Rio Tapajós system in Mato Grosso State, central Brazil. The new taxon can be distinguished from its congeners by the possession of an ocular operculum and by a complete lateral line. Additionally, the new species is distinguished by having a dorsal trunk coloration composed of a set of distinct oval dark blotches and by a caudal spot.

 

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