Hypostomus velhochico, new species, Loricariidae

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Zawadzki, C.H., Oyakawa, O.T. & Britski, H.A. 2017. Hypostomus velhochico, a new keeled Hypostomus Lacépède, 1803 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio São Francisco basin in Brazil. Zootaxa, Volume 4344, Number 3: 560-572.
Abstract:
Hypostomus velhochico sp. n., is described from the rio São Francisco basin, in the states of Minas Gerais and Bahia, Brazil. The new species is mainly distinguished from its congeners by a combination of characters such as slender bicuspid teeth, dentaries angled more than 90 degrees, conspicuous keels along lateral series of plates, small roundish dark spots, one plate bordering supraoccipital, spots aligned along lateral series of plates, and by attaining small to medium size. Hypostomus velhochico is widespread in the rio São Francisco basin and has a more similar general pattern of external morphology to species from the Northeastern Brazilian Coastal drainages than to species of the rio São Francisco basin. Aspects about its ecology and its putative relationship are discussed.
 
https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/vie ... a.4344.3.7

[bekateen]

Would this be the same as

L284

? We don't yet have a photo of this fish, but there is a photo on L-Welse.com:

http://www.l-welse.com/reviewpost/showp ... roduct/299

For comparison, here is a photo of H. velhochico:


@Acanthicus, any thoughts?

Cheers, Eric

[Karsten S.]

Hi Eric,

no, this should not be the same.

L 284 does not have spots on the belly and a quite different body shape.
In L 284 the distance of pectoral to pelvic fins is much bigger than the distance between the two pectoral fin insertions (in H. velhochico nearly same). The dorsal fin is also shorter.

However, I don't have yet the paper.

Cheers,

[bekateen]

Thanks, Karsten