Coptobrycon bilineatus (Ellis, 1911) (Characiformes: Characidae): redescription and comments on its phylogenetic relationships

Autor(es)

Langeani, Francisco ^[1] ; Serra, Jane Piton

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Univ Estadual Paulista UNESP, Dept Zool & Bot, BR-15054000 Sao Paulo - Brazil

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: Neotropical Ichthyology; v. 8, n. 4, p. 727-736, OCT-DEC 2010.
• Citações Web of Science: 3

Resumo

Coptobrycon bilineatus (Ellis, 1911) is redescribed on the basis of specimens from the District of Paranapiacaba, Municipality of Santo André, upper rio Tietê, and additional ones recently collected in a small coastal river system of Serra do Mar, very near the headwaters of the rio Tietê. The genus was compared to other Characidae lacking a supraorbital, and it seems to be more phylogenetically related to Grundulus based on the possession of various putative apomorphic character states related to: the absence of a rhinosphenoid and fourth, fifth (sometimes) and sixth infraorbitals; nasal pores separated; nares with up to six nasal lamellae; cephalic laterosensory system poorly developed on supraorbital and infraorbital series; and a globose scapula. Furthermore, Coptobrycon and Grundulus are characterized by the absence of the adipose fin, of the supraorbital laterosensory series on the parietal, and of the humeral spot, and by the reduction of lateral musculature in front of the first pleural rib and between the first and second pleural ribs. Biogeographic comments are also provided. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 04/00545-8 - A ictiofauna da região do Alto Rio Paraná
• Beneficiário: Francisco Langeani Neto
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