Three new species of Astyanax from drainages of southern Brazil (Characiformes: Characidae)

Three new species of Astyanax are described from southern Brazil: A. dissensus and A. xiru from the laguna dos Patos system and rio Uruguay basin, the first species also occurring in the rio Tramandaí system, and A. procerus from the laguna dos Patos system. Astyanax procerus and A. xiru possess out...

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Main Authors: Carlos A. S. de Lucena, Jonas Blanco Castro, Vinicius A. Bertaco
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=S1679-62252013000300537&lng=en&tlng=en