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Total Authors: 2
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| Affiliation: | [1] Univ Sao Paulo, Museu Zool, Av Nazare 481, Caixa Postal 42494, BR-04299970 Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil
[2] Univ Fed Rio Grande do Sul, Inst Biociencias, Dept Zool, Lab Ictiol, Ave Bento Goncalves 9500, BR-91501970 Porto Alegre, RS - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 2
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| Document type: | Review article |
| Source: | Zootaxa; v. 4700, n. 1, p. 59-86, NOV 18 2019. |
| Web of Science Citations: | 0 |
| Abstract | |
Rhinopetitia was known for a long time only by R. myersi, its type species, described from the Ilha do Bananal, Rio Araguaia basin, Tocantins, Brazil. Another recently described species, R. potamorhachia, was considered to differ from R. myersi by having the outer and inner rows of premaxillary teeth with seven to nine cusps, a midlateral dark stripe and a dark humeral blotch (versus outer and inner rows of premaxillary and of maxillary teeth with three to five cusps, and the absence of a dark midlateral stripe). Recently collected specimens from the Araguaia and Tocantins river basins are considered to belong to R. myersi, allowing to better characterize this species which is redescribed herein. Four new species are recognized for the genus, all from Brazil: 1) Rhinopetitia paucirastra, new species, collected from the upper Rio Tocantins drainage, state of Goias, distinguished from all its congeners mainly by the presence of rudimentary and fewer gill rakers in external row on first gill arch; 2) R. oligolepis, new species originating from the Rio Jamanxim, Rio Tapajos drainage, state of Para, differing from its congeners by having 4 longitudinal scale rows from dorsal-fin origin to lateral line; 3) R. melanohumeralis, new species, collected from small streams tributaries of the upper Rio Tapajos, and the upper Rio Xingu basins, states of Para and Mato Grosso, that has the body as deep as in R. paucirastra but has well-developed and more gill rakers in the external row on first branchial arch; and 4) R. nigrofasciata, new species, collected in small tributaries of the upper portions of the Rio Tapajos and Rio Xingu basins, states of Para and Mato Grosso, with the body narrower than in R. paucirastra and R. melanohumeralis. (AU) | |
| 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 |