New Hypostomus

[Silurus]

Zawadzki, CH, AS Oliveira, RR de Oliveira & LR Py-Daniel, 2015. Hypostomus melanephelis, a new armored catfish species from the rio Tapajós basin, Brazil (Teleostei: Loricariidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 26: 49–58.

Abstract

Hypostomus melanephelis, new species, is described from the rio Tapajós basin, Pará State, Brazil. It is distinguished from all congeners by having conspicuous, roundish and tiny set of dark spots, abdominal region mostly naked, a depressed head, keels along dorsal, mid-dorsal and median lateral series of plates, and a caudal fin usually without spots. It is only known from the type-locality at the rio Tapajós, just downstream of the mouth of the rio Jamanxim.

[Jools]

I wonder if this might be l366, or even L360 which seems less likely. I will need to look into this more if I can get hold of the pictures...

Jools

[Acanthicus]

Definetely none of the mentioned ones, it's a Hypostomus sensu stricto and not from the Cochliodon group.

[Jools]

Thanks Daniel, and thanks for the papers.

Jools