Moenkhausia restricta, a new species from the upper Rio Negro, Amazon basin, northwestern Brazil (Characiformes: Characidae)
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2019-11-26
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Soares, Nathalia C. [UNESP]
Benine, Ricardo C. [UNESP]
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Magnolia Press
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A new shallow-bodied species of Moenkhausia is described from the upper Rio Negro, Amazon basin, Brazil. The new species is diagnosed from all congeners by the combination of a body depth not surpassing 33% in SL in adult specimens, seven scale rows between dorsal-fin origin and lateral line, five scale rows between pelvic-fin insertion and lateral line, a single conspicuous vertically elongated humeral blotch, and a conspicuous caudal peduncle blotch extending to the distal margin of the median caudal-fin rays. The new species was collected together with Jupiaba zonata, with which it shares a very similar color pattern. The similarity between these two taxa is interpreted as an additional case of Batesian mimicry between Moenkhausia and Jupiaba.
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Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira, Jupiaba, pelvic spine, Batesian mimicry
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Zootaxa. Auckland: Magnolia Press, v. 4700, n. 4, p. 487-493, 2019.