2009年6月18日 星期四

巴西亞馬遜盆地下游產脂鯉新種 - Hemigrammus arua

文獻來源: Lima, F.C.T., Wosiacki, W.B. & Ramos, C.S. (2009): Hemigrammus arua, a new species of characid (Characiformes: Characidae) from the lower Amazon, Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology, 7 (2): 153-160. [全文連結]

Abstract
A new Hemigrammus species is described from tributaries of the igarapé Juruti Grande and rio Arapiuns, lower rio Amazonas, Pará State, Brazil. The new species can be easily diagnosed from all its congeners, except from Hemigrammus stictus (Durbin), by possessing a single, large humeral spot which extends longitudinally from the fifth or sixth to the posterior margin of eighth to tenth, lateral line scales. It can be distinguished from Hemigrammus stictus by possessing a pronounced upper, anteriorlyoriented extension in the humeral blotch, conferring an inverted-comma shape to it, and by displaying a distinct life color pattern.