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Britto,Marcelo R.; Lima,Flávio C. T.; Santos,Alexandre C. A.. |
During a recent ichthyological survey in Chapada Diamantina, Estado da Bahia, Brazil, a new, very distinctive Aspidoras was discovered in tributaries of the upper rio Paraguaçu. The new taxon differs from its congeners mainly in having: a poorly-developed pigmentation pattern, restricted to minute scattered blotches on dorsal region of head and body, but grouped in small, irregular blotches along the lateral body plate junction; four or five caudal vertebra, anterior to compound caudal centrum, with neural and haemal spines placed posteriorly, close to post-zygapophyses; and post-zygapophyses of the precaudal vertebrae without dorsal expansions connected with their respective neural spines. The new species shares with Aspidoras velites dorsolateral body... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Systematics; Aspidoras maculosus; Sand-dwelling; Paedomorphic characters. |
Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252005000400004 |
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