A new species of Aphyocharax Günther, 1868 (Characiformes, Characidae) from the Maracaçumé river basin, eastern Amazon
A new species of Aphyocharax is described from the Maracaçumé river basin, eastern Amazon, based on morphological and molecular data. The new species differs from all its congeners, mainly by possessing the upper caudal-fin lobe longer than the lower one in mature males, and other...
Main Authors: | Pâmella Silva de Brito, Erick Cristofore Guimarães, Luis Fernando Carvalho-Costa, Felipe Polivanov Ottoni |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Pensoft Publishers
2019-10-01
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Series: | Zoosystematics and Evolution |
Online Access: | https://zse.pensoft.net/article/36788/download/pdf/ |
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