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SUBMITTER: Roxo FF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5126534 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Roxo Fábio F FF Silva Gabriel S C GS Oliveira Claudio C
ZooKeys 20161121 634
A new species of <i>Parotocinclus</i> is described from three small tributaries of the rio Tapajós basin, Mato Grosso State, Brazil. The new species can be distinguished from its congeners by presenting the following characters: (1) a triangular dark blotch at the anterior base of the dorsal fin, (2) the absence of an adipose fin but presence of one small platelet at typical adipose-fin region, (3) the abdomen completely covered by dermal plates, (4) a pectoral girdle totally exposed, (5) a sing ...[more]