The "Comb-toothed" Loricariinae of Surinam, with reflections on the phylogenetic tendencies within the family Loricariidae (Siluriformes, Siluroidei)
1971; Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie; Volume: 116; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
ISSN
0024-1652
Autores Tópico(s)Fish Ecology and Management Studies
ResumoCONTENTS Introduction 3 The nominal genera and their evaluation 4 The phylogeny of the higher Loricariidae 12 Measurements and methods 18 Collecting localities 19 Miscellaneous remarks 23 The Surinam species 23 Distribution and habitat 23 Key to the Surinam species 25 Descriptions of the Surinam species 25 Acknowledgements 44 Summary 44 Diagrams 44 References 55 INTRODUCTION The present paper is the third in a series intended to present a review of the Surinam representatives of the Loricariid armoured catfishes (Loricariidae), of which the previous two dealt with the Surinam species belonging to the genus Hypostomus Lacepede (Boeseman, 1968, 1969). Like these, the review now presented is mainly based on the extensive material assembled during the period 1963 to 1967 by the zoologists carrying out the Biological Brokopondo Research Project, sponsored by the Netherlands Foundation for the Advancement of Research in Surinam and the Netherlands Antilles (WOSUNA), the Netherlands Foundation for the Advan-
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