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A new species of Hypopygus Hoedeman (Gymnotiformes: Rhamphichthyidae) from the rio Trombetas system, Amazon basin, Brazil

2018; Q15088586; Volume: 4410; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.11646/zootaxa.4410.1.11

1175-5334

Ricardo Campos‐da‐Paz,

Ichthyology and Marine Biology

A new Hypopygus species is described from the igarapé Saracá, a stream in the lower rio Trombetas system, Pará State, Brazil. It differs from congeners by a unique combination of characters (either primitive or of uncertain polarity) which includes mouth position, interocular width, snout length, postorbital length, pectoral-fin length, snout-to-occiput length, caudal-filament length, counts of pectoral-fin rays and anal-fin rays, distribution of anal-fin chomatophores, as well as a set of osteological features. A phylogenetic analysis indicates that the new species, belongs to a monophyletic subgroup in Hypopygus that includes all congeners, except H. neblinae; its relationships within that clade, however, are currently uncertain, and a brief discussion is provided. Corrections are made concerning some morphometric and meristic information furnished in recent contributions regarding Hypopygus species.