A new fish species of Roeboides from Panamá (Characiformes: Characidae)

A freshwater fish Roeboides loftini n.sp. is described from the Río Coclé del Norte drainage of the Atlantic versant of Panamá. The new species differs from other species of the Roeboides guatemalensis-group by the number of perforated scales on the lateral line (83-100), body depth (31.8-36.1%), pr...

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Main Author: Carlos Alberto S. de Lucena
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Vicerractoría Investigación 2011-12-01
Series:Revista de Biología Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77442011000400019&lng=en&tlng=en
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spelling doaj-f7ae3a353c184e3ea4da92cc90ddf27a2020-11-24T21:06:56ZengVicerractoría InvestigaciónRevista de Biología Tropical0034-77442011-12-0159416631667S0034-77442011000400019A new fish species of Roeboides from Panamá (Characiformes: Characidae)Carlos Alberto S. de Lucena0Laboratório de IctiologiaA freshwater fish Roeboides loftini n.sp. is described from the Río Coclé del Norte drainage of the Atlantic versant of Panamá. The new species differs from other species of the Roeboides guatemalensis-group by the number of perforated scales on the lateral line (83-100), body depth (31.8-36.1%), predorsal distance (49.1-51.9%) and the shape of the humeral spot. Rev. Biol. Trop. 59 (4): 1663-1667. Epub 2011 December 01http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77442011000400019&lng=en&tlng=endistribuciónpeces de agua dulceRío Coclé del Nortevertiente del Atlántico
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A new fish species of Roeboides from Panamá (Characiformes: Characidae)
Revista de Biología Tropical
distribución
peces de agua dulce
Río Coclé del Norte
vertiente del Atlántico
author_facet Carlos Alberto S. de Lucena
author_sort Carlos Alberto S. de Lucena
title A new fish species of Roeboides from Panamá (Characiformes: Characidae)
title_short A new fish species of Roeboides from Panamá (Characiformes: Characidae)
title_full A new fish species of Roeboides from Panamá (Characiformes: Characidae)
title_fullStr A new fish species of Roeboides from Panamá (Characiformes: Characidae)
title_full_unstemmed A new fish species of Roeboides from Panamá (Characiformes: Characidae)
title_sort new fish species of roeboides from panamá (characiformes: characidae)
publisher Vicerractoría Investigación
series Revista de Biología Tropical
issn 0034-7744
publishDate 2011-12-01
description A freshwater fish Roeboides loftini n.sp. is described from the Río Coclé del Norte drainage of the Atlantic versant of Panamá. The new species differs from other species of the Roeboides guatemalensis-group by the number of perforated scales on the lateral line (83-100), body depth (31.8-36.1%), predorsal distance (49.1-51.9%) and the shape of the humeral spot. Rev. Biol. Trop. 59 (4): 1663-1667. Epub 2011 December 01
topic distribución
peces de agua dulce
Río Coclé del Norte
vertiente del Atlántico
url http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77442011000400019&lng=en&tlng=en
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