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| Phenacorhamdia roxoi Silva, 2020 |
Abstract
A new species of Phenacorhamdia is described from Paranapanema River, Upper Paraná River basin, southeastern Brazil. The new species is distinguished from congeners by the combination of following characters 45−46 vertebrae; an entirely dark-brown body; nine pleural ribs; eight branched rays in upper lobe of caudal fin; seven branched rays in pectoral fin; 13 anal-fin rays with 9−10 branched; first basal radial inserted at the 13th vertebrae and eight branchiostegal rays.
Keywords: Siluriformes, Catfishes, Neotropical freshwaters fishes, Taxonomy, Upper Paraná River basin
Gabriel S. C. Silva. 2020. A New Species of Phenacorhamdia Dahl 1961 (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) from the Paranapanema River Basin, southeastern Brazil. Zootaxa. 4890(2); 275–282. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4890.2.8
