Systematic assessment of the Leporinus desmotes species complex, with a description of two new species

ABSTRACT Members of the Leporinus desmotes species complex can be distinguished from other barred or banded congeners by the combination of nine distinct black bars across the head and trunk and long, pointed, laterally compressed and upward curving symphyseal dentary teeth. A taxonomic reassessment...

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Main Authors: Michael D. Burns, Marcus Chatfield, José L. O. Birindelli, Brian L. Sidlauskas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia 2017-07-01
Series:Neotropical Ichthyology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252017000200219&lng=en&tlng=en