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New species of Hyphessobrycon from the Rio Teles Pires, Rio Tapajós basin, Brazil (Ostariophysi, Characiformes)
F R Carvalho1, F G Cabeceira2, L N Carvalho2,3
1UFMS, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Instituto de Biociências, Avenida Costa e Silva, s/n, Cidade Universitária, P. O. Box 549, 79070-900 Campo Grande, MS, Brazil.
Abstract:
A new species of Hyphessobrycon from the upper Rio Tapajós basin, in the Tapajós-Juruena ecoregion, is described. Hyphessobrycon pinnistriatus n. sp. is distinguished from its congeners by having a black, oblique stripe extending from the origin of the second branched ray to the distal end of the third branched anal-fin ray, lacking a conspicuous black midlateral stripe on the body, inner premaxillary teeth with up to seven cusps, and fins normally hyaline or with scattered chromatophores. The description of a new species that is restricted to the Tapajós-Juruena ecoregion is consistent with this region being an area of high endemism of freshwater fishes.
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