Lebiasina yepezi, a new Lebiasininae (Characiformes: Lebiasinidae) from the Serra Parima-Tapirapecó mountains
Lebiasina yepezi, a new Lebiasininae with a conspicuous color pattern, is described. The new species is endemic of the headwaters of the rio Negro, rio Branco, and rio Orinoco in the Serra Parima-Tapirapecó Mountains, at the border of Brazil and Venezuela. The new species is readily distinguished from all other Lebiasininae by the presence of four black longitudinal stripes on the trunk, and the triangular shaped dorsal surface of the mesethmoid, lacking lateral projections. The unusual color pattern is contrasted with those of other lebiasinin, as well as members of the pyrrhulinin genus Nann... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol 9, Iss 4, Pp 767-775 |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia
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Schlagwörter: | Distribution pattern / Gran Sabana / Guyana Shield / Ostariophysi / Systematics / Zoology / QL1-991 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28819721 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.1590/S1679-62252011000400008 |