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| Sarmento-Soares,Luisa Maria; Martins-Pinheiro,Ronaldo Fernando. |
| Glanidium botocudo, new species, is described from the tributaries to the upper rio Doce and Mucuri, eastern Minas Gerais State, Brazil. It represents the northernmost record of a centromochlin catfish from the coastal rivers of the Northeastern Atlantic Forest. Glanidium botocudo is readily distinguished from its congeners, except Glanidium albescens, by the whitish grey body coloration with evenly spaced small dark brown dots. The new species has a long sharpened ventral process on the urohyal, an uncommon condition among congeners, and the lowest vertebral count among the large-sized Glanidium, 36-37. It differs from Glanidium albescensby proportional measurements and higher number of ribs. Glanidium botocudo and Glanidium albescens are probably sister... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Centromochlinae; Centromochlus; Distribution; South America; Systematics. |
| Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252013000200265 |
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