A new species of Moenkhausia (Characiformes: Characidae) from the rio Madeira basin, Brazil, with comments on the evolution and development of the trunk lateral line system in characids

Abstract A new species of Moenkhausia is described from the rio Machado drainage, Amazon basin, Brazil. It is diagnosed from congeners by its color pattern, consisting of the concentration of chromatophores on the anterior portion of body scales, the horizontally elongate blotch on caudal peduncle,...

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Published in:	Neotropical Ichthyology
Main Authors:	Manoela Maria Ferreira Marinho, Willian Massaharu Ohara, Fernando Cesar Paiva Dagosta
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia 2021-06-01
Subjects:	Developmental Truncation Evolution Intraspecific Variation Paedomorphy Scale
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252021000200207&tlng=en