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JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY
Volume 83, Issue 5, Pages 1128-1160Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12206
Keywords
aracu; Hypomasticus; Ostariophysi; piau; systematics; taxonomy
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- FAPESP [10/51250-9, 2011/50282-7]
- CNPq
- Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo (FAPESP) [11/50282-7] Funding Source: FAPESP
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Two new species of Leporinus are described from tributaries of the Rio Amazonas in Brazil. One species is known from the Jari and Tapajos River basins, and is identified on the basis of a gas bladder reduced in size, a dark midlateral stripe on the body, dark transverse bars on the dorsum, a subinferior mouth, three teeth on the premaxilla, four teeth on the dentary and 16 scale rows around the caudal peduncle. The second new species is known from the Tocantins, Xingu and Tapajos River basins, and is identified on the basis of three dark longitudinal stripes on the body, a subinferior mouth, three teeth on the premaxilla, four teeth on the dentary and 12 scale rows around the caudal peduncle. In addition, Leporinus striatus is redescribed based on type and additional specimens from the Rio de La Plata, Amazonas, Orinoco, Atrato, Magdalena and Sinu River basins. Leporinus striatus is identified on the basis of four dark longitudinal stripes on the body, a subterminal mouth, three teeth on the premaxilla, four teeth on the dentary and 16 scale rows around the caudal peduncle. (C) 2013 The Fisheries Society of the British Isles
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