A new species of Curimatopsis Steindachner (Characiformes: Curimatidae) from the Rio Nhamunda, Amazon basin

Author(s)

Dutra, G. M. ^[1] ; Melo, B. F. ^{[2, 3]} ; Netto-Ferreira, A. L. ^{[1, 4]}

Affiliation

^[1] Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi, PCI, Coordenacao Zool, Ave Magalhaes Barata 376, BR-66040170 Belem, Para - Brazil

^[2] Univ Estadual Paulista, Inst Biociencias, Dept Morfol, Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[3] Smithsonian Inst, Dept Vertebrate Zool, Natl Museum Nat Hist, Washington, DC 20560 - USA

^[4] Univ Fed Rio Grande do Sul, Lab Ictiol, Dept Zool, Inst Biociencias, Ave Bento Goncalves 9500, BR-91501970 Porto Alegre, RS - Brazil

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: Journal of Fish Biology; v. 92, n. 2, p. 515-522, FEB 2018.
• Web of Science Citations: 2

Abstract

A new species of Curimatopsis is described from the Rio Nhamunda, Amazon basin in northern Brazil. The new species is distinguished from congeners by the presence of a distinctive concentration of dark pigmentation over the entire lower lobe of the caudal fin, reticulate pattern of body pigmentation, lower jaw longer than and overlapping the anterior portion of the upper jaw, crescent-shaped posterior nostril and by morphometric and meristic data. Comments on the phylogenetic position of the new species within Curimatopsis are also provided. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 16/11313-8 - Phylogeny of the Order Characiformes (Teleostei: Ostariophysi) using ultraconserved elements
• Grantee: Bruno Francelino de Melo
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• FAPESP's process: 11/50282-7 - An inventory of the Characiform fish fauna (Teleostei, Ostariophysi) from South America
• Grantee: Naercio Aquino Menezes
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• FAPESP's process: 09/54931-0 - Improvement and management of biological specimen collections at the Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo
• Grantee: Carlos Alberto Garofalo
• Support Opportunities: Research Infrastructure Program - Biological specimen collections