Rineloricaria rodriquezae, New species from the Rio Paranaiba
Posted: 03 Dec 2021, 13:07
DA COSTA-SILVA, G.J. ., OLIVEIRA, C., & DA COSTA E SILVA, G.D.S. (2021). New species of Rineloricaria (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Paranaíba River basin, Brazil. Zootaxa, 5072(6), 531–540.
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5072.6.2
https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5072.6.2
Abstract
Rineloricaria is a genus of armored catfish encompassing 67 valid species that are widely distributed throughout the Neotropical region. A new species of Rineloricaria is described from the Paranaíba River, Upper Paraná River basin, southeastern Brazil. sp. n. is distinguished from its congeners by the combination of the following characters: caudal-fin color pattern with basal dark spot and subterminal dark bar on branched rays interspersed with a hyaline area; five series of lateral plates with two keeled in the mid-dorsal series around the insertion of the first ray of dorsal fin; and unbranched caudal-fin ray extended as long filaments.