A new species of Eigenmannia Jordan Evermann (Teleostei: Gymnotiformes: Sternopygidae) from Río Ventuari, Venezuela.

Autor: Dutra GM; Programa de Capacitação Institucional, Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Coordenação de Zoologia. Avenida Magalhães Barata, 376, 66040-170, Belém, PA, Brazil.. guilhermedutr@yahoo.com.br., Peixoto LAW, Santana CD, Wosiacki WB
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Zootaxa [Zootaxa] 2018 May 22; Vol. 4422 (1), pp. 132-140. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 May 22.
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4422.1.8
Abstrakt: A new species of Eigenmannia is described from the Río Ventuari, Río Orinoco basin, Venezuela. It is distinguished from congeners by the presence of a bony dorsolateral flange on the dentary, the presence of teeth attached along a bony dorsolateral flange, and by the first premaxillary teeth attached to the anteroventral margin of the premaxilla. It is further distinguished from all remain congeners by a combination of characters, including a subterminal mouth, 99-107 scales along the lateral line until the end of the anal fin, and ii, 16-17 pectoral-fin rays.
Databáze: MEDLINE