Trichomycterus maracaya, a new catfish from the upper rio Paraná, southeastern Brazil (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae), with notes on the T. brasiliensis species-complex

• Published in: Neotropical Ichthyology Vol. 2; no. 2; pp. 61 - 74
• Main Authors: Bockmann, Flávio A.(Universidade de São Paulo FFCLRP Departamento de Biologia), Sazima, Ivan(Universidade Estadual de Campinas Departamento de Zoologia and Museu de História Natural)
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia 01.06.2004
• Subjects: Endemic; Neotropics; Ostariophysi; Pencil catfish

Trichomycterus maracaya, a new species of Trichomycteridae, is described from a streamlet in the upper rio Paraná, Poços de Caldas, State of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil. The following putative autapomorphies distinguishes T. maracaya from congeneric species: 1) row of lateral blotches not form...