A new species of Hemigrammus Gill 1858 (Characiformes: Characidae) from the upper Rio Negro, Amazon basin, Brazil

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2019-02-14

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Reia, Lais [UNESP]
Benine, Ricardo C. [UNESP]

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A new species of Hemigrammus is described from the upper Rio Negro, Amazon basin, Brazil. The new species is distinguished from all congeners by its unique color pattern consisting of a single humeral blotch clearly spaced from a conspicuous midlateral dark stripe, which extends from fifth or sixth anteriormost vertical scale row to the basis of the middle caudal-fin rays. Comments on its putative relationships are provided.

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Amazon basin, Freshwaters fishes, Hyphessobrycon heterorhabdus-group Moenkhausia diktyota, São Gabriel da Cachoeira

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Zootaxa, v. 4555, n. 3, p. 407-415, 2019.