The blind catfish from the caves of Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae): description, anatomy, phylogenetic relationships, natural history, and biogeography

• Published in: Neotropical Ichthyology Vol. 8; no. 4; pp. 673 - 706
• Main Authors: Bockmann, Flávio A.(Universidade de São Paulo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Comparada Departamento de Biologia), Castro, Ricardo M. C.(Universidade de São Paulo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Comparada Departamento de Biologia)
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia 2010
• Subjects: Conservation; Freshwater; Morphology; Neotropics; Rhamdiopsis krugi; Siluriformes; Troglomorphism; Brazil, Bahia

Rhamdiopsis krugi, a new troglobitic heptapterid catfish, is described from the caves of Chapada Diamantina, State of Bahia, northeastern Brazil. This species, although frequently cited in the scientific literature along the last seventeen years, remained undescribed largely due to its uncertain phy...