Apistogramma eleutheria and A. flavipedunculata, two new species of dwarf cichlids from the rio Curua on Serra do Cachimbo, Brazil (Teleostei: Cichlidae)

Autor(es)

Varella, Henrique R. ^[1] ; Britzke, Ricardo ^{[2, 3]}

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Museu Zool, Inst Biociencias, Caixa Postal 42494, BR-04218970 Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil

^[2] Univ Estadual Paulista, Inst Biociencias, Dept Morfol, Rubiao Jr S-N, BR-18618970 Botucatu, SP - Brazil

^[3] Univ Tecn Machala, Fac Ciencias Agr, Lab Acuacultura, Km 41-2 Via Machala Pasaje, E583, Machala, El Oro - Ecuador

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters; v. 27, n. 1, p. 81-95, APR 2016.
• Citações Web of Science: 4

Resumo

Apistogramma eleutheria and Apistogramma flavipedunculata are described from the upper portion of two adjacent tributaries of the rio Curua on the Serra do Cachimbo. Apistogramma eleutheria, new species, is isolated from the lower portion of rio Treze de Maio (a tributary of the middle rio Curua), by a waterfall with same name. It is similar to several species of the A. regani species group, but differs by the coloration of brooding females. Brooding females of A. eleutheria have a very dark, blackish pigmentation on the median area of gular region occupying the ventral portion of opercular series and branchiostegal membranes, which is most similar to that found in females of A. kullanderi. In A. kullanderi, however, the dark gular pigmentation is more expansive, extending onto the ventral half of the head, and continuing posteriorly onto belly and along anal-fin base. Apistogramma flavipedunculata, new species, is only known from the rio Escorpiao, and is probably isolated in the upper rio Curua by a series of three waterfalls. It is distinguished by the unique color pattern of adult males, which have the posterior part of the flank and caudal peduncle dominated by a light yellow pigmentation, which results in a dark midlateral band fragmented posteriorly and dark bars masked or absent (though present in juveniles); also differing from all congeners except A. luelingi and A. eleutheria by having exclusively four anal-fin spines instead of three. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 11/00269-4 - Relações filogenéticas do gênero Apistogramma (Perciformes, Cichlidae) e filogeografia da espécie Apistogramma agassizi
• Beneficiário: Ricardo Britzke
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Doutorado
• Processo FAPESP: 09/54931-0 - Melhoria e capacitação das coleções científicas do Departamento de Biologia da Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo
• Beneficiário: Carlos Alberto Garofalo
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Programa Infraestrutura - Acervos biológicos
• Processo FAPESP: 11/14630-0 - Relações filogenéticas das espécies de Crenicichla e Teleocichla (Teleostei: Cichlidae)
• Beneficiário: Henrique Rosa Varella
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Doutorado