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Bryconamericus turiuba, a New Species from the Upper Rio Paraná System (Ostariophysi: Characiformes)

2005; American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists; Volume: 2005; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1643/ci-04-067r1

1938-5110

Francisco Langeani, Zilda Margarete S. de Lucena, Juliane Lima Pedrini, Fabrício José Tarelho-Pereira,

Ichthyology and Marine Biology

Bryconamericus turiuba, new species, is described from the upper Rio Paraná system in Brazil. It differs from all congeners in the following combination of characters: 15– 20 branched anal-fin rays; four or five scales in a transverse series from the dorsal-fin origin to the lateral line; shallow body (depth 23.6–30.6% of SL); 37–43 perforated lateral line scales; first, third, and fifth or, more rarely, first and fourth outer premaxillary tricuspid teeth projecting anteriorly; two to five tricuspid to pentacuspid maxillary teeth; dentary with three or four tricuspid or pentacuspid large teeth, followed by five to seven smaller conical to tricuspid teeth; a conspicuous dark, vertically elongate humeral spot, extending to below the lateral line; a dark dorsal stripe extending from the supraoccipital spine to the caudal peduncle with a gap at the adipose-fin base; caudal-fin lobes without conspicuous markings, uniformly pigmented along rays; mature males lacking hooks on the pelvic- and anal-fin rays. The new species is compared with the Bryconamericus species described from the basins of the Rio Paraná, Rio Paraguay, Rio São Francisco, and coastal Brazilian rivers.