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Description of two new species of Lithoxus (Hypostominae: Loricariidae) from rio Jari and rio Amapa basins, Brazilian Guiana Shield

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Author(s):
Silva, Gabriel S. C. [1] ; Covain, Raphael [2] ; Oliveira, Claudio [1] ; Roxo, Fabio F. [1]
Total Authors: 4
Affiliation:
[1] Univ Estadual Paulista, Dept Morfol, Lab Biol & Genet Peixes, Prof Dr Antonio Celso Wagner Zanin 250, BR-18618689 Botucatu, SP - Brazil
[2] Museum Hist Nat, Dept Herpetol & Ichtyol, Route Malagnou 1, Case Postale 6434, CH-1211 Geneva 6 - Switzerland
Total Affiliations: 2
Document type: Journal article
Source: Zootaxa; v. 4347, n. 1, p. 151-168, NOV 10 2017.
Web of Science Citations: 3
Abstract

Two new species of Lithoxus, a genus diagnosed by possessing a dorsoventrally depressed body, a large round oral disk, and small tooth cusps with few teeth, are described from two drainages of the Guiana Shield: Lithoxus jariensis from the rio Jari basin and L. raso from the rio Raso, rio Amapa basin. The new species, L. jariensis, is distinguished from congeners by having an adipose fin, by the number of branched anal-fin and caudal-fin rays, by color pattern of the body, number of teeth, adipose-fin length, dorsal adipose-caudal distance, caudal peduncle depth, cleithral width, and dorsal-anal distance. Lithoxus raso can be diagnosed from congeners by coloration pattern, by having an adipose fin, by the number of branched anal-fin rays, number of teeth, adipose-fin length, dorsal adipose-caudal distance, caudal peduncle depth, and cleithral width. Greater genetic divergence in mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) confirms L. jariensis and L. raso as two new species. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 15/00691-9 - Harnessing phylogenomic comparative methods to understand the diversification of fishes of the Loricarioidea superfamily
Grantee:Fábio Fernandes Roxo
Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Post-doctor
FAPESP's process: 14/05051-5 - Harnessing phylogenomic comparative methods to understand the diversification of fishes of the superfamily Loricarioidea
Grantee:Fábio Fernandes Roxo
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral