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A new cryptic species of Imparfinis (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) from the Orinoco River basin, revealed by an iterative approach
Miguel Ángel Cortés-Hernández,
Jeisson Alexis López-Castaño,
Nadia Milani,
Carlos DoNascimiento,
Miguel Ángel Cortés-Hernández
Grupo de Investigación Evaluación, Manejo y Conservación de Recursos Hidrobiológicos y Pesqueros, Universidad de los Llanos, Villavicencio, Colombia
Museo de Historia Natural de la Universidad de los Llanos, Villavicencio, Colombia
Grupo de Investigación Cuencas, Fundación Neotropical Cuencas, Arauca, Colombia
Search for more papers by this authorJeisson Alexis López-Castaño
Grupo de Investigación Evaluación, Manejo y Conservación de Recursos Hidrobiológicos y Pesqueros, Universidad de los Llanos, Villavicencio, Colombia
Search for more papers by this authorNadia Milani
Centro Museo de Biología, Instituto de Zoología y Ecología Tropical, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela
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Carlos DoNascimiento
Grupo de Ictiología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
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Carlos DoNascimiento, Grupo de Ictiología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad de Antioquia, Calle 67 No. 53-108, Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorMiguel Ángel Cortés-Hernández,
Jeisson Alexis López-Castaño,
Nadia Milani,
Carlos DoNascimiento,
Miguel Ángel Cortés-Hernández
Grupo de Investigación Evaluación, Manejo y Conservación de Recursos Hidrobiológicos y Pesqueros, Universidad de los Llanos, Villavicencio, Colombia
Museo de Historia Natural de la Universidad de los Llanos, Villavicencio, Colombia
Grupo de Investigación Cuencas, Fundación Neotropical Cuencas, Arauca, Colombia
Search for more papers by this authorJeisson Alexis López-Castaño
Grupo de Investigación Evaluación, Manejo y Conservación de Recursos Hidrobiológicos y Pesqueros, Universidad de los Llanos, Villavicencio, Colombia
Search for more papers by this authorNadia Milani
Centro Museo de Biología, Instituto de Zoología y Ecología Tropical, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela
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Carlos DoNascimiento
Grupo de Ictiología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
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Carlos DoNascimiento, Grupo de Ictiología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad de Antioquia, Calle 67 No. 53-108, Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorFirst published: 03 July 2023
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:27ABA942-1D60-4459-BA34-55F0CD2D3067.
Abstract
An iterative analysis of Imparfinis, combining phylogenetic analysis based on cytochrome oxidase gene and multivariate morphometrics, revealed a new cryptic species from the Andean tributaries of the Orinoco River basin, which is described here. The new species is sister to a clade constituted by Imparfinis hasemani and Imparfinis pijpersi, both from the river basins of the Guiana Shield, being also the most geographically proximate species. Nonetheless, the new species is most similar in general appearance to Imparfinis guttatus from the Madeira and Paraguay River drainages, being almost undistinguishable by conventional characters of external morphology, differing only by morphometric attributes overall. The new species can be distinguished from the remaining congeners by a unique combination of characters, including lower lobe of caudal fin darker than upper lobe, maxillary barbel reaching or surpassing pelvic-fin insertion, 12–15 gill rakers on first gill arch, 40–42 total vertebrae and 9–10 ribs. The new species constitutes the only representative from the Orinoco River basin belonging to Imparfinis sensu stricto.
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