A new species of the lowland Oligosarcus Günther species group (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Characidae) [Oligosarcus varii]

  • Naércio Aquino Menezes, Alexandre Cunha Ribeiro

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    ABSTRACT

    A new characid species is described from the rio Jacuí basin, a coastal drainage from southern Brazil. Itis morphologically most similar to its sympatric congeners Oligosarcus jenynsii and O. jacuiensis , but can be distinguished from both species in having the interorbital region wider and the pectoral fin shorter and additionally from O. jenynsii in having a smaller orbital diameter.


    Oligosarcus varii


    Quelle: Neotrop. ichthyol. vol.13 no.3 Maringá July/Sept. 2015, (CC BY 4.0)