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4 June 2008 Two New Species of Characidium (Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from Paraguay and Xingu River Basins, State of Mato Grosso, Brazil
Weferson J. da Graça, Carla S. Pavanelli, Paulo A. Buckup
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Abstract

Characidium nupelia, new species, is described from the upper Rio Paraguay basin, and C. xavante, new species, from the upper Rio Xingu basin, State of Mato Grosso, Brazil. The two species comprise a group diagnosed by a high number (12–18) of dark vertical bars on the body, each bar having the width of a scale. Characidium nupelia differs from C. xavante by having 12 instead of 10 scales around the caudal peduncle, a narrower interorbital distance, and a deeper caudal peduncle. Both species lack an adipose fin, have an incomplete lateral line, and have a conspicuous dark blotch on the caudal peduncle. Breeding males of the two new species present sexual hooks on some pelvic and pectoral branched fin rays.

Characidium nupelia, nova espécie, é descrita da bacia do alto rio Paraguai, e C. xavante, nova espécie, da bacia do alto rio Xingu, Estado do Mato Grosso, Brasil. As duas espécies formam um grupo diagnosticado pelo elevado número (12–18) de barras verticais escuras no corpo, cada barra com a largura de uma escama. Characidium nupelia difere de C. xavante por apresentar 12 ao invés de 10 escamas circumpedunculares, distância interorbital menor e pedúnculo caudal mais alto. Ambas têm nadadeira adiposa ausente, linha lateral incompleta e uma mancha escura conspícua no pedúnculo caudal. Machos maduros das duas espécies novas apresentam ganchos sexuais em alguns raios ramificados das nadadeiras pélvica e peitoral.

2008 by the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
Weferson J. da Graça, Carla S. Pavanelli, and Paulo A. Buckup "Two New Species of Characidium (Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from Paraguay and Xingu River Basins, State of Mato Grosso, Brazil," Copeia 2008(2), 326-332, (4 June 2008). https://doi.org/10.1643/CI-06-167
Received: 11 July 2006; Accepted: 1 October 2007; Published: 4 June 2008
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