Den nya arten heter Geophagus mirabilis och är beskriven av Deprá, Kullander, Pavanelli & da Graça.
Vi hade aldrig Geophagus sp. "aripuanã" i artregistret så jag lägge rin denna som ny art. Dock väntar vi som vanlig med att publicera tills den finns accepterad på fishbase samt i Catalog of fishes.
Hela artikeln: http://www.ufrgs.br/ni/niv12n04/NI-2014-0038.pdf
Sammanfattning:
Vi hade aldrig Geophagus sp. "aripuanã" i artregistret så jag lägge rin denna som ny art. Dock väntar vi som vanlig med att publicera tills den finns accepterad på fishbase samt i Catalog of fishes.
Hela artikeln: http://www.ufrgs.br/ni/niv12n04/NI-2014-0038.pdf
Sammanfattning:
Geophagus mirabilis, new species, is endemic to the rio Aripuanã drainage upstream from Dardanelos/Andorinhas falls. The new species is distinguished from all other species of the genus by the presence of one to five large black spots arranged longitudinally along the middle of the flank, in addition to the black midlateral spot that is characteristic of species in the genus and by a pattern of iridescent spots and lines on the head in living specimens. It is further distinguished from all congeneric species, except G. camopiensis and G. crocatus, by the presence of seven (vs. eight or more) scale rows in the circumpeduncular series below the lateral line (7 in G. crocatus; 7-9 in G. camopiensis). Including the new species, five cichlids and 11 fish species in total are known only from the upper rio Aripuanã, and 15 fish species in total are known only from the rio Aripuanã drainage.
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