A new species of Boehlkea (Characiformes: Characidae: Stevardiinae) from the rio Japurá, Amazon basin, Brazil

A new species of Boehlkea (Characiformes: Characidae: Stevardiinae) from the rio Japurá, Amazon basin, Brazil

ABSTRACT A new species of Boehlkea is described from rio Japurá, Amazon basin. The new species differs from B. fredcochui by the presence of a vertically elongate humeral spot (vs. absence), complete lateral line (vs. incomplete), four rows of scales below lateral line (vs. three), and lower number...

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Main Authors: Isabel M. Soares, Vinicius A. Bertaco, Priscila Madoka M. Ito, Jansen Zuanon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia 2017-09-01
Series:Neotropical Ichthyology
Subjects:
Characidae “Clade A”
Color pattern
Hemibrycon
Lateral line length
Taxonomy
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