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- Title
Description of a new species of Parotocinclus (Siluriformes, Hypoptopomatinae) from the rio Tapajós basin.
- Authors
Roxo, Fábio F.; Silva, Gabriel S. C.; Oliveira, Claudio
- Abstract
A new species of Parotocinclus is described from three small tributaries of the rio Tapajós basin, Mato Grosso State, Brazil. he new species can be distinguished from its congeners by presenting the following characters: (1) a triangular dark blotch at the anterior base of the dorsal in, (2) the absence of an adipose in but presence of one small platelet at typical adipose-in region, (3) the abdomen completely covered by dermal plates, (4) a pectoral girdle totally exposed, (5) a single series of bicuspid teeth, and (6) the higher number of bicuspid premaxillary and dentary teeth.
- Subjects
CLASSIFICATION of fish; BIODIVERSITY; FISHES; TAXONOMY; FISH names
- Publication
ZooKeys, 2016, Issue 634, p125
- ISSN
1313-2989
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3897/zookeys.634.9917