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Article Category: Research Article
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Online Publication Date: 01 May 2007

A New Species of Hasemania from the Upper Rio Tapajós Drainage, Brazil (Teleostei: Characiformes: Characidae)

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Page Range: 350 – 354
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2007)7[350:ANSOHF]2.0.CO;2
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Abstract

A new characid species, Hasemania nambiquara, is described from the upper Rio Tapajós, Mato Grosso, Brazil. The new species is distinguished from all other Hasemania by the unique presence of one vertically-elongate black humeral spot and a broad horizontal black band ventral to midlateral line between humeral region and caudal fin.

Resumen

Uma nova espécie de caracídeo, Hasemania nambiquara é descrita para o alto Rio Tapajós, Mato Grosso, Brasil. A nova espécie distingue-se das demais espécies de Hasemania pela presença de uma mancha umeral preta verticalmente alongada, e de uma larga faixa longitudinal preta, ventral em relação à linha médio-lateral do corpo, da região umeral até o pedúnculo caudal.

Copyright: 2007 by the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
Figure 1
Figure 1

Hasemania nambiquara, MCP 38390, holotype, 27.0 mm SL.

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Figure 2

Hasemania nambiquara, MCP 38038, paratype, 17.4 mm SL.

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Figure 3

Scanning electronic micrograph of upper and lower jaws (right side, lateral view) of Hasemania nambiquara, MCP 38038, paratype, 20.8 mm SL. Scale bar 0.5 mm.

Contributor Notes

Section editor: J. W. Armbruster.

Received: 28 Dec 2005
Accepted: 03 Dec 2006
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