A new species of barred Sternopygus (Gymnotiformes: Sternopygidae) from the Orinoco River

Abstract A new species of Sternopygus is described from the Orinoco River of Venezuela using traditional methods of morphometrics and meristics, and micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) imaging for osteological analysis. The new species is readily separated from all congeners in having broad, vertic...

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Main Authors: Kevin T. Torgersen, Aleidy M. Galindo-Cuervo, Roberto E. Reis, James S. Albert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia 2023-04-01
Series:Neotropical Ichthyology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252023000100215&tlng=en