[Ichthyology • 2018] Satanoperca curupira • A New Cichlid Species from the rio Madeira Basin (Teleostei: Cichlidae) in Brazil

Satanoperca curupira

Ota, Kullander, Deprá, da Graça & Pavanelli, 2018

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4379.1.6 

Abstract

Satanoperca curupira, new species, is described from the rio Madeira basin in the State of Rondônia, Brazil. It is distinguished from all congeners by the following combination of characters: 3–7 dark-brown oblique stripes on the lachrymal (vs. 2 well-defined dark-brown stripes, or dark-brown stripes absent) and an irregular pattern of dark-brown stripes on cheek and opercular series (vs. cheek without dark-brown markings or with light-beige rounded spots). According to meristic and color pattern characters, the new species is considered a member of the S. jurupari species group, and is syntopic with S. jurupari, which is widespread in the Amazon basin. The restricted geographical range of the new species is congruent to that observed for some other Satanoperca species.

Keywords: Pisces, Geophaginae, Neotropical region, Satanoperca jurupari species-group, taxonomy

FIGURE 4. Satanoperca curupira, living specimen photographed just after capture in the rio Jaru, rio Madeira basin in Brazil (photo by U. Werner).

Satanoperca curupira, new species

Satanoperca sp. “Jaru” —. Weidner 2000: 243 (photograph of living specimen).

Satanoperca jurupari —. Stawikowski & Werner 2004: 404 (photograph of living specimen) —. Graça et al. 2013: 373 (in part; lots UFRO-I 7869 and UFRO-I 11589). 

Distribution. Satanoperca curupira is known from the rio Madeira basin in Brazil, occurring in the main channel of the rio Madeira and in several tributaries draining the Brazilian shield (rio Jaciparaná, rio Jamari, rio Jaru and rio Machado), and also at the rio Roosevelt (a tributary of the rio Aripuanã), and at the rio São Luis (a tributary of the rio Guaporé) (Fig. 5).

Etymology. The specific name curupira refers to a mythological creature of Brazilian folklore that protects the forest and its inhabitants, punishing those who hunt for pleasure or who kill breeding females or defenseless juveniles (Pereira 1994). The Curupira legend reveals the relationship between the indigenous people and the forest: it is not about exploration and indiscriminate use, but respect for life. A noun in apposition.

Renata R. Ota, Sven O. Kullander, Gabriel C. Deprá, Weferson J. da Graça and Carla S. Pavanelli. 2018. Satanoperca curupira, A New Cichlid Species from the rio Madeira basin in Brazil (Teleostei: Cichlidae). Zootaxa. 4379(1);103–112. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4379.1.6

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[Ichthyology • 2016] Danio htamanthinus • A New Species of Miniature Cyprinid Fish (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the Chindwin River in Myanmar

Danio htamanthinus 

Kullander & Noren, 2016 

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4178.4.5

Abstract

Danio htamanthinus, new species, is described from small streams in the vicinity of Htamanthi on the middle Chindwin River. It is most similar to D. choprae and D. flagrans from the Ayeyarwaddy River drainage, sharing the same elaborate colour pattern with dark vertical bars and a red interstripe along the posterior side, but is distinguished by the absence of a P+1 stripe and presence of a P stripe represented only by small spots. The uncorrected p-distance in the mitochondrial COI gene separates D. htamanthinus from D. choprae by 4.3% and from D. flagrans by 7.5%. The largest specimen is only 22.9 mm in standard length (male holotype), but the holotype and one other male, 19.5 mm SL, feature sex-specific pectoral-fin tubercles, and a female as small as 16.6 mm SL has ripening ova. In a phylogenetic analysis based on COI sequences, D. htamanthinus is sister taxon of D. flagrans+D. choprae, and those three species are sister group of D. margaritatus+D.erythromicron.

 Keywords: Pisces, DNA barcode, freshwater, morphometrics, phylogeny, taxonomy

FIGURE 2. Map of northern part of Myanmar showing collecting localities of Danio choprae, D. flagrans, and D. htamanthinus.

FIGURE 4. Myanmar, Sagaing Division, small, flooded stream near Htamanthi, habitat of Danio htamanthinus, 1 December 2013.

FIGURE 1. Danio htamanthinus: a, holotype, NRM 69502, male, 22.9 mm SL; Myanmar: Sagaing Division, stream close to Htamanthi village; b, paratype, NRM 42613. 16.8 mm SL; Myanmar: Sagaing Division: 5 km W Htamanthi village; c, paratype, NRM 42613, 16.8 mm SL, live colours immediately after capture.

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4178.4.5 

Etymology. The specific name htamanthinus is an adjective formed on the name of the village near which the type series was collected. 

Geographical distribution and habitat. Danio htamanthinus is so far only known from two small streams near Htamanthi on the right bank of the Chindwin River (Fig. 2) and probably also in Shin Bway Yang further upstream in the Chindwin river basin. The type locality (Fig. 3) was a small, shallow stream with clear water, margined by low vegetation, coming out of the forest and crossing a dirt road under a bridge. Associated species were Paracanthocobitis cf. rubidipinnis (Nemacheilidae), Channa gachua (Channidae), Pethia meingangbii and P. thelys (Cyprinidae), and undetermined species of Badis and Dario (Badidae), Danio and Esomus (Cyprinidae). A second locality near Htamanthi was a flooded cleared area with stagnant clear water over grasses and a small trickle of stream feeding it (Fig. 4). Associated species here were Danio cf. quagga, Puntius chola, Pethia meingangbii, Rasbora ornata (Cyprinidae), and undetermined species of Amblyceps (Amblycipitidae) and Dario.

 

S.O. Kullander and M. Noren. 2016. Danio htamanthinus (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), A New Species of Miniature Cyprinid Fish from the Chindwin River in Myanmar.
Zootaxa. 4178(4); 535–546. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4178.4.5

  

[Ichthyology • 2016] Teleocichla preta • A New Species of Cichlid (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from the Rio Xingu Basin in Brazil

Teleocichla preta  

  Varella, Zuanon, Kullander & López-Fernández, 2016 
  DOI: 10.1111/jfb.13053 

Abstract

Teleocichla preta nov. sp. inhabits the rapids along the Rio Xingu and lower portion of the Rio Iriri. It is the largest species in the genus, reaching 121·3 mm standard length (LS) while others do not reach more than 87·8 mm LS. Teleocichla preta is distinguished from all other species of Teleocichla by the unique blackish (in live specimens) or dark brown (preserved specimens) overall colouration of the body, which masks the faint vertical bars or zig-zag pattern of blotches on the flanks. Teleocichla preta also has a deeper body and a deep laterally compressed caudal peduncle, unlike any other congener, as well as a stout lower pharyngeal tooth plate bearing molariform teeth on its median area.

Keywords: Amazon basin; durophagy; endemism; rapids; rheophilic species; taxonomy

Teleocichla preta nov. sp.

Teleocichla PR Zuanon, 1999: 48 (diagnosis, schematic illustration and aspects of natural history of the species). 

Teleocichla sp. Xingu II (or Schwarzel Teleocichla) Stawikowski & Werner, 2004: 247 (comments on distinctive characteristics and ecology of the species, photographs of live specimens). 

Teleocichla sp. preta Arbour & López-Fernández, 2013: 4. Arbour & López-Fernández, 2014: 7 (inclusion of the species in biomechanical analyses in the context of the Crenicichla clade and of other Neotropical lineages of Cichlidae, respectively).

Distribution: Teleocichla preta is known from the Rio Xingu between Cachoeira Chadasinho upstream of São Félix do Xingu and Cachoeira do Jericoá at Volta Grande do Xingu downstream of Altamira, Pará State. The species is also known from the lower portion of the Rio Iriri, the largest tributary of the Rio Xingu (Fig. 4).

Figure 5. (a–d) Typical moderate to fast, shallow rapids at Cachoeira Grande in the Rio Iriri, Rio Xingu basin in which Teleocichla preta is found.
Underwater photographs of typical substratum with (e) an adult individual and (f) a pair of T. preta in the Rio Xingu, Altamira.

 DOI: 10.1111/jfb.13053

  

Habitat and natural history: In the region of Volta Grande do Xingu and the lower Rio Iriri, specimens of T. preta were collected in moderate to fast, shallow rapids [Fig. 5(a)–(d)], with clear water and the riverbed composed mainly of large rocks and little accumulated sediment [Fig. 5(e), (f)]. During underwater exploration by snorkelling, individuals of T. preta were observed performing short excursions out of their rocky hideouts, moving alone amidst small rocks and in crevices of large rocks (J. Zuanon. and H. R. Varella, pers. obs).

Etymology: The specific epithet preta, an adjective of the Portuguese language that means black, refers to the diagnostic dark overall colouration of the body and to the previous denominations for the species in the scientific and aquarium literature, as well as among fishermen of the Rio Xingu. Noun in apposition.

H. R. Varella, J. Zuanon, S. O. Kullander and H. López-Fernández. 2016. Teleocichla preta, A New Species of Cichlid from the Rio Xingu Basin in Brazil (Teleostei: Cichlidae). Journal of Fish Biology.   DOI: 10.1111/jfb.13053

[Ichthyology • 2015] Why is Pseudosphromenus cupanus (Teleostei: Osphronemidae) reported from Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Pakistan?

FIGURE 1 (a) Pseudosphromenus cupanus, NRM 40344, 27.1 mm SL, India, Kolkata, ornamental fish farm; (b) P. dayi, NRM 12069, 22.7 mm SL, India, Kerala, Kottayam; (c) P. dayi, living specimen in aquarium, ca 40 mm SL; (d) Badis badis, image used as illustration of Pseudosphromenus cupanus in Rahman & Ruma (2007), slightly adjusted. Photo by Gawsia W. Chowdhury

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3990.4.6

Abstract

The native distribution of the small labyrinth fish species Pseudosphromenus cupanus includes southern India and Sri Lanka. According to literature it has a range including also Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Malaysia, and Indonesia (Sumatra) but there are no voucher specimens or reliable observations from those areas. The distribution record of P. cupanus was inflated partly by including P. dayi as a synonym. Pseudosphronemus dayi is native to the Western Ghats in India, but the origin of the aquarium importation in 1907 was reported as both Cochin (=Kochi) and Malacca (=Malaysia), the latter locality obviously in error. The basis for the Sumatra record is an obviously mislabeled sample of P. dayi from Pulau Weh close to Sumatra. The basis for reporting the species from Pakistan, Myanmar or Bangladesh could not be located. Misidentified museum specimens from Myanmar and Pakistan identified as P. cupanus were never published on. Pseudosphromenus cupanus has been considered recently to be extinct in Bangladesh, but in fact it never occurred there.

Keywords: Asia, Freshwater, Geographical distribution, Threat status

Kullander, Sven O., MD. M. Rahman, Michael Norén & Abdur R. Mollah. 2015. Why is Pseudosphromenus cupanus (Teleostei: Osphronemidae) reported from Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Pakistan? Zootaxa. 3990(4): 575–583. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3990.4.6

[Ichthyology • 2008] Australoheros forquilha, A. charrua, A. minuano & A. guarani • The Australoheros (Teleostei: Cichlidae) species of the Uruguay and Parana River drainages

Australoheros forquilha Rícan & Kullander, 2008

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Australoheros charrua Rícan & Kullander, 2008 

Australoheros forquilha Rícan & Kullander, 2008 

Australoheros guarani Rícan & Kullander, 2008 

Australoheros minuano Rícan & Kullander, 2008 

Abstract

Australoheros Říčan and Kullander, 2006 includes four described species 

— Australoheros facetus (Jenyns, 1842), Australoheros tembe (Casciotta, Gómez & Toresani, 1995), Australoheros scitulus (Říčan & Kullander, 2003) and Australoheros kaaygua Casciotta, Almirón & Gómez, 2006. 

Four additional species are newly described in this paper based on results presented in Říčan and Kullander (2006): Australoheros forquilha sp. nov., from the tributaries of the Upper Río Uruguay in Brazil; Australoheros charrua sp. nov. and Australoheros minuano sp. nov., from the tributaries of the Middle Río Uruguay in Brazil and Uruguay, and Australoheros guarani sp. nov. from the Río Paraná tributaries in Paraguay. Sympatric species are not found closely related and all sister species have allopatric distributions. 

Four species groups are recognized based on phylogenetic hypotheses generated from morphological and cyt b characters; the forquilha group—A. forquilha, A. tembe; the scitulus group—A. scitulus, A. charrua; the kaaygua group—A. kaaygua, A. minuano; and the facetus group—A. facetus, A. guarani.

Key words: ´Cichlasoma´ facetum group, Australoheros, new species, Cichlidae, South America, biogeography, Río Uruguay, Río Paraná

Rícan, O. & Kullander, S.O. (2008) The Australoheros (Teleostei: Cichlidae) species of the Uruguay and Parana River drainages. Zootaxa, 1724: 1-51. 

http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2008/f/z01724p051f.pdf

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