A new species of the lowland Oligosarcus Günther species group (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Characidae)
A new characid species is described from the rio Jacuí basin, a coastal drainage from southern Brazil. Itis morphologically most similar to its sympatric congeners Oligosarcus jenynsii and O. jacuiensis , but can be distinguished from both species in having the interorbital region wider and the pect...
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| author | Naércio Aquino Menezes Alexandre Cunha Ribeiro |
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| description | A new characid species is described from the rio Jacuí basin, a coastal drainage from southern Brazil. Itis morphologically most similar to its sympatric congeners Oligosarcus jenynsii and O. jacuiensis , but can be distinguished from both species in having the interorbital region wider and the pectoral fin shorter and additionally from O. jenynsii in having a smaller orbital diameter. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0f18af64636d4e3984f35b73e2e72c492022-12-21T17:25:03ZengSociedade Brasileira de IctiologiaNeotropical Ichthyology1982-022413354154610.1590/1982-0224-20150083S1679-62252015000300541A new species of the lowland Oligosarcus Günther species group (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Characidae)Naércio Aquino MenezesAlexandre Cunha RibeiroA new characid species is described from the rio Jacuí basin, a coastal drainage from southern Brazil. Itis morphologically most similar to its sympatric congeners Oligosarcus jenynsii and O. jacuiensis , but can be distinguished from both species in having the interorbital region wider and the pectoral fin shorter and additionally from O. jenynsii in having a smaller orbital diameter.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252015000300541&lng=en&tlng=enFreshwater fishNeotropicalSouth AmericaSystematicsTaxonomy |
| spellingShingle | Naércio Aquino Menezes Alexandre Cunha Ribeiro A new species of the lowland Oligosarcus Günther species group (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Characidae) Neotropical Ichthyology Freshwater fish Neotropical South America Systematics Taxonomy |
| title | A new species of the lowland Oligosarcus Günther species group (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Characidae) |
| title_full | A new species of the lowland Oligosarcus Günther species group (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Characidae) |
| title_fullStr | A new species of the lowland Oligosarcus Günther species group (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Characidae) |
| title_full_unstemmed | A new species of the lowland Oligosarcus Günther species group (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Characidae) |
| title_short | A new species of the lowland Oligosarcus Günther species group (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Characidae) |
| title_sort | new species of the lowland oligosarcus gunther species group teleostei ostariophysi characidae |
| topic | Freshwater fish Neotropical South America Systematics Taxonomy |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252015000300541&lng=en&tlng=en |
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