Hypancistrus zebra,a new genus and species of uniquely pigmented ancistrine loricariid fish from the Rio Xingu, Brazil (Pisces: Siluriformes: Loricariidae)
Isbrücker, I.J.H.; Nijssen, H. (1991). Hypancistrus zebra,a new genus and species of uniquely pigmented ancistrine loricariid fish from the Rio Xingu, Brazil (Pisces: Siluriformes: Loricariidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 1(4): 345-350
In: Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters. Pfeil: München. ISSN 0936-9902, more
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New genus
Taxa > Species > New taxa > New species
Hypancistrus zebra Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1991 [WoRMS]
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- Isbrücker, I.J.H.
- Nijssen, H.
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Hypancistrus, new genus, is distinguished from all other genera of the tribe Ancistrini by the combination of the following characters: snout margin completely covered with dermal ossifications; presence of an anal and an adipose fin; absence of filiform teeth; premaxillary teeth considerably smaller than mandibuilary teeth; dorsal finwith six branched rays, the last one split to its base; depressed body; absence of a membraneous extension posterior to the last dorsal fin ray, reaching to adipose fin spine; no very wide head; no extremely long evertible interopercular. lts type and only included species is H. zebra, new species, based on specimens collected in the Rio Xingu, Est. Pará, Brazil. |
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