A new species of whiptail armored catfish, genus Pseudohemiodon (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Orinoco River basin, Llanos region of Colombia and Venezuela

Autor: Yecid Andrey Rojas-Molina, Francisco Provenzano-Rizzi, Hernando Ramírez-Gil
Jazyk: angličtina
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Zdroj: Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol 17, Iss 2
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1982-0224
DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-20180160
Popis: ABSTRACT A new species of whiptail armored catfish belonging to the genus Pseudohemiodon is described. The new species inhabits aquatic systems of the Orinoco River basin, mostly in the Llanos region of Colombia and Venezuela. Previously, it had identified as P. laticeps erroneously. The genus Pseudohemiodon includes seven known species inhabit Amazon and Paraná-Paraguay-Uruguay rivers basins. The new species is distinguished from congeners by the combination of the following characters: abdomen totally covered; area in front of gill opening without plates, ventrally; dorsal body color pattern without transversal dark bands, mostly in the caudal peduncle; head with straight sides; head and caudal peduncle narrower.
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