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Moenkhausia uirapuru, a new species from the upper rio Guapore, Chapada dos Parecis, Mato Grosso, Brazil (Teleostei: Characidae)

Author(s):
Ohara, Willian Massaharu [1] ; Lima, Flavio C. T. [2]
Total Authors: 2
Affiliation:
[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Museu Zool, BR-04299970 Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil
[2] Univ Estadual Campinas Adao Jose Cardoso, Museu Zool, BR-13083863 Campinas, SP - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 2
Document type: Journal article
Source: Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters; v. 26, n. 2, p. 159-170, OCT 2015.
Web of Science Citations: 6
Abstract

Moenkhausia uirapuru, new species, is described from right side tributaries of the upper rio Guapore (rio Madeira basin), Mato Grosso State, Brazil. Based on shared putative synapomorphies of the color pattern in life, the new species seem to be closely related with M. cosmops and the currently non-congeneric Hemigrammus skolioplatus, which are distributed in neighbouring hydrographical systems in the Chapada dos Parecis, a low-lying plateau at the divide of the upper rio Guapore, upper rio Tapajos and upper rio Paraguai basins. These three species, in spite of typologically assignable to the genus Hemigrammus due to the incompleteness of the lateral line, are considered to be putative monophyletic group belonging to the Moenkhausia oligolepis species complex. The complementary distributions presented by M. uirapuru, M. cosmops and H. skolioplatus seems to indicate a complex vicariant scenario where hydrographical reconfigurations due to tectonic activity might have played a major role in the evolution this putatively monophyletic clade. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 13/20936-0 - Systematics of tetras (genera Hemigrammus, Hyphessobrycon, Thayeria, Parapristella e Bryconella), with emphasis on the species from northern cis-Andean South America
Grantee:Flávio César Thadeo de Lima
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Young Researchers
FAPESP's process: 13/22473-8 - Endemism and biogeographic analysis of fishes from Madeira River basin
Grantee:Willian Massaharu Ohara
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
FAPESP's process: 11/51532-7 - Systematics of tetras (genera Hemigrammus, Hyphessobrycon, Thayeria, Parapristella, and Bryconella), with emphasis on the species from the northern cis-andean South America.
Grantee:Flávio César Thadeo de Lima
Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Young Investigators Grants
FAPESP's process: 11/50282-7 - An inventory of the Characiform fish fauna (Teleostei, Ostariophysi) from South America
Grantee:Naercio Aquino Menezes
Support Opportunities: BIOTA-FAPESP Program - Thematic Grants