New species of Rineloricaria (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Paranaiba River basin, Brazil

Author(s)

Da Costa-Silva, Guilherme Jose ^[1] ; Oliveira, Claudio ^[2] ; Da Costa E Silva, Gabriel De Souza ^[3]

Affiliation

^[1] Univ Santo Amaro, Posgrad Med vet, Labvet, Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil

^[2] Univ Estadual Paulista, Inst Biociencias, Lab Biol & Genet Peixes, Botucatu, SP - Brazil

^[3] Univ Estadual Paulista, Inst Biociencias, Lab Ictiol, Botucatu, SP - Brazil

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: Zootaxa; v. 5072, n. 6, p. 531-540, DEC 3 2021.
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Abstract

Rineloricaria is a genus of armored catfish encompassing 67 valid species that are widely distributed throughout the Neotropical region. A new species of Rineloricaria is described from the Paranaiba River, Upper Parana River basin, southeastern Brazil. Rineloricaria rodriquezae sp. n. is distinguished from its congeners by the combination of the following characters: caudal-fin color pattern with basal dark spot and subterminal dark bar on branched rays interspersed with a hyaline area; five series of lateral plates with two keeled in the mid-dorsal series around the insertion of the first ray of dorsal fin; and unbranched caudal-fin ray extended as long filaments. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 16/09204-6 - Biodiversity and Biogeography in marine-estuarine fishes (Teleostei) from Brazil
• Grantee: Claudio de Oliveira
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• FAPESP's process: 18/20610-1 - Study of the biogeography of the Brazilian coast using data population genetic data of marine catfish of the genera Cathorops and Genidens
• Grantee: Claudio de Oliveira
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• FAPESP's process: 14/26508-3 - Phylogeny of the hyperdiverse order Characiformes (Teleostei: Ostariophysi) using ultraconserved elements
• Grantee: Claudio de Oliveira
• Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants