A taxonomic revision of the Neotropical electric fish genus Brachyhypopomus (Ostariophysi: Gymnotiformes: Hypopomidae), with descriptions of 15 new species

A taxonomic revision of the Neotropical electric fish genus Brachyhypopomus (Ostariophysi: Gymnotiformes: Hypopomidae), with descriptions of 15 new species

ABSTRACT The bluntnose knifefish genus BrachyhypopomusMago-Leccia, 1994, is diagnosed from other Rhamphichthyoidea (Rhamphichthyidae + Hypopomidae) by the presence of a disk-like ossification in the anterior portion of the palatoquadrate, and by the following external characters: short snout, 18.7-3...

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Main Authors: William G. R. Crampton, Carlos D. de Santana, Joseph C. Waddell, Nathan R. Lovejoy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia
Series:Neotropical Ichthyology
Subjects:
Biogeography
Bluntnose knifefish
Electroreception
Identification key
Rhamphichthyoidea
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252016000400209&lng=en&tlng=en

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