Hello Jools and Pete - Regarding the photo posted by Jools: There is certainly a similarity, but also some differences from what I can see. There is a (color, I believe) photo of this new species that was published a while back in Ichthyological Explorations... I will check this out and go closely o...

Hello all -

For those keeping up with such things a new species of Otocinclus is described in the newest issue of Copeia (2002, No. 4). The species is named O. tapirape and it is from the rio Araguaia system of central Brazil (state of Goias).

Lee

Hello Ian and Clothahump - There is one b&w photo in the article. It is the preserved holotype and almost looks alive ;-). I'd be happy to fire off a copy of the article. In that both of you are in the UK how about I send a copy to Ian and have him recopy and forward to C. This will save on the ...

Hello all, this is my first posting. I am happy to be on the forum. I have been laying low for a while. Thanks Dave R. for letting me know about it. The new Copeia (2002, No. 4) arrived today and a new Corydoras description is included (by Marcello Britto and Ricardo Castro). The new species is desi...