New species of curimatopsis from the río caroni, orinoco basin, venezuela, with comments on c. Macrolepis (characiformes: Curimatidae)

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) ; Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) ; Processo FAPESP: 14/26508-3 ; CNPq: 140193/2015-4 ; Processo FAPESP: 16/11313-8 ; Processo FAPESP: 18/24040-5 ; A new species of Curimatopsis is described from the highlands of the western Guiana Shield in the río Carapo and río Paragua, tributaries of the río Caroni in the Orinoco basin, southeastern Venezuela. The new species belongs to the Curimatopsis macrolepis clade due to its possession of a long lower jaw that projects past the anterior margin of the up... Mehr ...