A new species of Gymnogeophagus Miranda Ribeiro from Uruguay (Teleostei: Cichliformes)
AUTOR(ES)
Loureiro, Marcelo, Zarucki, Matías, Malabarba, Luiz R., González-Bergonzoni, Iván
FONTE
Neotrop. ichthyol.
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
07/04/2016
RESUMO
ABSTRACT We describe a new species of a substrate-brooding Gymnogeophagus , based on coloration characters. The new species can be distinguished from the remaining substrate-brooding species in the genus by the unique pigmentation of the dorsal fin which consists of light blue, diagonal stripes over a red background in the spiny section and a combination of round, elliptic, and elongated bright blue spots over a red background in the soft section. It can be further distinguished from all other species of Gymnogeophagus by the following combination of characters: a discontinuous bright blue band above the upper lateral line in the humeral area, light blue roundish spots over a red to orange background on the anal fin, and conspicuous bright blue horizontal bands on body. The new species inhabits a wide range of freshwater habitats in the lower rio Uruguay basin, Rio de la Plata coastal drainages and Atlantic Ocean coastal drainages in Uruguay.
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