Description of a new species of Gymnotocinclus from the rio Tocantins basin with phylogenetic analysis of the subfamily Hypoptopomatinae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)
Author
Roxo, Fábio F.
Author
Silva, Gabriel S. C.
Author
Ochoa, Luz Eneida
Author
Zawadzki, Cláudio H.
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Zootaxa
2017
4268
3
337
359
journal article
33035
10.11646/zootaxa.4268.3.2
bd3ea6f2-dfb7-4301-aae4-c2335d92ae49
1175-5326
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Redefinition of
Gymnotocinclus
The genus
Gymnotocinclus
can be distinguished from all other genera of Otothyrini by the combination of two characters: (1) absence of dermal plates on snout tip,
Fig. 3
; (2) maxillary barbel adnate to the lower lip (a character also present in species of
Corumbataia
).