New species of miniature fish from Marajó Island, Pará, Brazil, with comments on its relationships (Characiformes: Characidae)
A new miniature species of the family Characidae from Marajó Island, Pará State, Brazil is described and assigned to the genus Tyttobrycon. The new species can be distinguished from its congeners primarily by having multicuspid teeth on jaws, and additionally by having the combination of 5-7 premaxi...
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| author | Manoela M. F. Marinho Douglas A. Bastos Naércio A. Menezes |
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| description | A new miniature species of the family Characidae from Marajó Island, Pará State, Brazil is described and assigned to the genus Tyttobrycon. The new species can be distinguished from its congeners primarily by having multicuspid teeth on jaws, and additionally by having the combination of 5-7 premaxillary teeth, dorsal fin only with scattered melanophores and the presence of an adipose fin. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-016b956f1cb94f158ec8cc379f6bac452022-12-22T02:04:30ZengSociedade Brasileira de IctiologiaNeotropical Ichthyology1982-022411473974610.1590/S1679-62252013000400002S1679-62252013000400739New species of miniature fish from Marajó Island, Pará, Brazil, with comments on its relationships (Characiformes: Characidae)Manoela M. F. MarinhoDouglas A. BastosNaércio A. MenezesA new miniature species of the family Characidae from Marajó Island, Pará State, Brazil is described and assigned to the genus Tyttobrycon. The new species can be distinguished from its congeners primarily by having multicuspid teeth on jaws, and additionally by having the combination of 5-7 premaxillary teeth, dorsal fin only with scattered melanophores and the presence of an adipose fin.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252013000400739&lng=en&tlng=enAphyoditeinaeNeotropicalSexual dimorphismSystematicsTetra |
| spellingShingle | Manoela M. F. Marinho Douglas A. Bastos Naércio A. Menezes New species of miniature fish from Marajó Island, Pará, Brazil, with comments on its relationships (Characiformes: Characidae) Neotropical Ichthyology Aphyoditeinae Neotropical Sexual dimorphism Systematics Tetra |
| title | New species of miniature fish from Marajó Island, Pará, Brazil, with comments on its relationships (Characiformes: Characidae) |
| title_full | New species of miniature fish from Marajó Island, Pará, Brazil, with comments on its relationships (Characiformes: Characidae) |
| title_fullStr | New species of miniature fish from Marajó Island, Pará, Brazil, with comments on its relationships (Characiformes: Characidae) |
| title_full_unstemmed | New species of miniature fish from Marajó Island, Pará, Brazil, with comments on its relationships (Characiformes: Characidae) |
| title_short | New species of miniature fish from Marajó Island, Pará, Brazil, with comments on its relationships (Characiformes: Characidae) |
| title_sort | new species of miniature fish from marajo island para brazil with comments on its relationships characiformes characidae |
| topic | Aphyoditeinae Neotropical Sexual dimorphism Systematics Tetra |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252013000400739&lng=en&tlng=en |
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