A new species of Aspidoras (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) from a small coastal drainage in northeastern Brazil

ABSTRACT A new species of Aspidoras from the rio da Dona basin, a small coastal river drainage in Bahia State, is described herein. The new taxon differs from its congeners by presenting infraorbital 1 with well-developed ventral laminar expansion, nuchal plate nearly reaching to or sometimes contac...

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Main Authors: Lívia M. A. Oliveira, Angela M. Zanata, Luiz F. C. Tencatt, Marcelo R. Britto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia 2017-03-01
Series:Neotropical Ichthyology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252017000100214&lng=en&tlng=en