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Issue: Vol. 1610 No. 1: 8 Oct. 2007
Type: Article
Published: 2007-10-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1610.1.4
Page range: 53–59
Abstract views: 33
PDF downloaded: 2

A new species of Hemigrammus Gill, 1858 (Characiformes: Characidae) from Río Caura, Venezuela

Laboratório de Biologia e Genética de Peixes, Departamento de Morfologia, IBB-UNESP Campus de Botucatu, Botucatu, SP, 18618-000, Brazil
Laboratório de Biologia e Genética de Peixes, Departamento de Morfologia, IBB-UNESP Campus de Botucatu, Botucatu, SP, 18618-000, Brazil Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas, área de Zoologia, IBB-UNESP, Campus de Botucatu, Botucatu, SP, 18618-000, Brazil
Characiformes Systematics Neotropical tetras Hemigrammus elegans

Abstract

A new characid species, Hemigrammus taphorni, is described from the Río Caura drainage, Venezuela. The new species is distinguished from its congeners by characters related to its color pattern, number of scale rows below the lateral line, teeth morphology, and dorsal-fin length. A brief discussion about the putative relationships of H. taphorni is provided.

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