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| Hyphessobrycon sateremawe Faria, Bastos, Zuanon & Lima, 2020 |
Abstract
A new species of Hyphessobrycon Durbin from the Paraná do Urariá system in Central Amazon region, Amazonas state, Brazil, is described. The new species is allocated into the Hyphessobrycon heterorhabdus species-group due to its color pattern, composed by a well-defined, horizontally elongated humeral blotch continuous with a conspicuous midlateral dark stripe that becomes blurred towards the caudal peduncle, and can be distinguished from all other species of the group by possessing humeral blotch and continuous midlateral stripe broad, occupying vertical height equivalent of two scale rows. A tricolored pattern composed dorsally by a red or reddish longitudinal stripe, a middle iridescent, golden or silvery longitudinal stripe, and ventrally by a variably-developed longitudinal dark stripe is identified as a putative additional character shared by the species of the Hyphessobrycon heterorhabdus species-group. The presence of bony hooks in all fins in mature males of some species of the Hyphessobrycon heterorhabdus species-group is also discussed.
Keywords: Pisces, Paraná do Urariá system, rio Abacaxis, rio Maués-Açu, fin hooks, Hyphessobrycon amapaensis
Etymology: The specific name honors the Sateré-Mawé, an indigenous group of the Tupi-Guarani language family that lived in the region between the lower portions of rio Tapajós and rio Madeira, including the area of rio Abacaxis and rio Maués-Açu. The Sateré-Mawé joined the Cabanagem rebellion (1835–1839) and were in reprisal decimated by loyalist forces of the Brazilian empire. They were later (1850) living under an extensive mission under the Fransciscan friar Pedro de Ciriana ( Hemming, 1995). The Sateré-Mawé are renowned as the indigenous group that discovered and started using the guaraná (Paullinia cupana), and for the Tocandira ant ritual, a rite of passage where boys insert their hands in gloves with fastened, living tocandira ants (Paraponera clavata) ( Botelho & Weigel, 2011). Today the Sateré-Mawé people live mainly in the Terra Indígena Andirá-Marau, with one group in the Terra Indígena Coatá-Laranjal and groups in the cities of Manaus, Nova Olinda do Norte, Barreirinha, Maués and Parintins, all from the state of Amazonas, Brazil.
Tiago C. Faria, Douglas A. Bastos, Jansen Zuanon, Flávio C.T. Lima. 2020. A New Hyphessobrycon (Characiformes: Characidae) of the Hyphessobrycon heterorhabdus species-group from the Central Amazon basin, Brazil. Zootaxa. 4859(2); 275–284. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4859.2.6
