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Moenkhausia goya (Characiformes: Characidae): a new species from the upper rio Tocantins basin, Central Brazil

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Author(s):
De Carvalho Depra, Gabriel [1] ; Azevedo-Santos, Valter M. [2] ; Vitorino Junior, Oscar Barroso [1] ; Paiva Dagosta, Fernando Cesar [3] ; Ferreira Marinho, Manoela Maria [4] ; Benine, Ricardo C. [5]
Total Authors: 6
Affiliation:
[1] Univ Estadual Maringa, Programa Posgrad Ecol Ambientes Aquat Continentai, Av Colombo 5790, BR-87020900 Maringa, Parana - Brazil
[2] IBB Unesp, Dept Zool, Campus Botucatu, BR-18618970 Botucatu, SP - Brazil
[3] Univ Fed Grande Dourad, Fac Ciencias Biol & Ambienta, Caixa Postal 533, BR-79804970 Dourados, MS - Brazil
[4] Univ Sao Paulo, Museu Zool, Ave Nazare 481, BR-04218970 Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil
[5] IBB UNESP, Dept Zool, Lab Ictiol, Campus Botucatu, BR-18618970 Botucatu, SP - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 5
Document type: Journal article
Source: Zootaxa; v. 4514, n. 1, p. 87-96, NOV 6 2018.
Web of Science Citations: 1
Abstract

A new species of Moenkhausia is described from the upper rio Tocantins basin, States of Goias and Tocantins, Brazil. Moenkhausia goya, new species, can be distinguished from its congeners by the shape of the humeral blotch in combination with a uniform dark pigmentation covering the interradial membranes of the dorsal and anal fins. Among congeners, the new species is most similar to M. britskii Azevedo-Santos \& Benine, M. grandisquamis (Mailer \& Troschel) and M. xinguensis Steindachner by presenting a deep body, a large, round humeral blotch and fins without discrete patches of dark pigmentation (i.e., without well-defined blotches or stripes). With the description of M. goya, the number of species endemic to the upper rio Tocantins basin (considered upstream from the mouth of the rio Parana) is raised to 51. Of these, some are widespread in the upper rio Tocantins basin, while others seem to be restricted to one of its sub-basins. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 14/11911-7 - Heterochrony and miniaturization: a comparative study of ontogeny in the Characidae (Teleostei: Characiformes)
Grantee:Manoela Maria Marinho Koh
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
FAPESP's process: 16/07246-3 - Incongruence in biogeographic pattern-based analyses: a case study from amazonian fishes
Grantee:Fernando Cesar Paiva Dagosta
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral