Description of a new species of Parancistrus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio Xingu, Brazil

Parancistrus nudiventris, new species, is described and compared with the congener P. aurantiacus. The new species has only been recorded from rio Xingu and can be distinguished from P. aurantiacus by having a naked abdomen (plated in P. aurantiacus), the presence of bluish dots in living specimens...

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Main Authors: Lúcia H. Rapp Py-Daniel, Jansen Zuanon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia
Series:Neotropical Ichthyology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252005000400014&lng=en&tlng=en