Journal Article
A new Aspidoras (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) from rio Paraguaçu basin, Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil
Britto, M.R., Lima, F.C.T. and Santos, A.C.A.
Record Number:
5433
Year:
2005
Journal:
Neotropical Ichthyology
Pages:
473-479
Volume:
3
Abstract:
During a recent ichthyological survey in Chapada Diamantina, Estado da Bahia, Brazil, a new, very distinctive Aspidoras was
discovered in tributaries of the upper rio Paraguaçu. The new taxon differs from its congeners mainly in having: a poorlydeveloped
pigmentation pattern, restricted to minute scattered blotches on dorsal region of head and body, but grouped in
small, irregular blotches along the lateral body plate junction; four or five caudal vertebra, anterior to compound caudal
centrum, with neural and haemal spines placed posteriorly, close to post-zygapophyses; and post-zygapophyses of the
precaudal vertebrae without dorsal expansions connected with their respective neural spines. The new species shares with
Aspidoras velites dorsolateral body plates not touching their counterparts dorsally, and infraorbital bones with reduced
flanges that are restricted to the latero-sensory canal. Both of these are considered reductive character states, probably
indicating a paedomorphic condition to both species. The new species is also compared to Aspidoras maculosus, a congener
which bears the most similar color pattern and is geographically closest to the new species.
Times Cited:
2
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