The genera Isorineloricaria and Aphanotorulus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) with description of a new species
Author
Ray, C. Keith
Author
Armbruster, Jonathan W.
text
Zootaxa
2016
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501
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journal article
46839
10.11646/zootaxa.4072.5.1
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Aphanotorulus gomesi
(
Fowler 1941
)
(
Fig. 9
)
Plecostomus iheringi
Fowler, 1941a
: 150
, figs. 50–52.
Type
locality: Ceará [
Brazil
].
Holotype
:
ANSP
69409. Preoccupied by
Plecostomus iheringii
Regan, 1908
; replaced by
Plecostomus gomesi
Fowler, 1942
.
Plecostomus gomesi
Fowler, 1942
: [1].
Type
locality: Ceará [
Brazil
].
Holotype
:
ANSP
69409. Replacement name for
Plecostomus iheringi
Fowler, 1941
; preoccupied by
Plecostomus iheringii
Regan, 1908
.
Material examined.
Holotype
:
ANSP
69409, Ceará [
Brazil
].
Diagnosis.
Known only from
holotype
.
Aphanotorulus gomesi
is diagnosed from
A. ammophilus
and
A. unicolor
by a single, large buccal papilla (vs. multiple buccal papillae); from all other
Aphanotorulus
only by its distribution (thought to be found only in the Jaguaribe River, Ceará state,
Brazil
).
Description.
Morphometrics given in
Table 4
. Head moderately compressed. Suppraoccipital crest not elevated, with posterior edge sloping gently into nape. Interorbital surface flat. Nape slightly increasing in depth posteriorly. Pectoral fin reaches past point of insertion of pelvic fin. Depressed pelvic spine reaches point of insertion of the anal fin.
Lateral line plates 29; dorsal-fin base plates eight; folded dorsal plates 12; plates between dorsal and adipose fin seven; adipose fin plates two; anal-fin base plates two; plates from anal fin insertion to last plate on caudal peduncle 16; plates in folded pectoral fin five; number of teeth on dentary 24; number of teeth on premaxilla 25.
Color in alcohol.
Dark tan background. Spots small to medium in size; moderately dense (less background color showing) on head. Few if any spots visible along dorsal and lateral sides of body. Ventral surface with no spots. Spots on fin rays similar to those on body. No patterns on paired-fin rays. Dorsal-fin membrane with two distinct rows of spots between each fin ray. Caudal fin with spots in vertical bands. Lower caudal fin lobe dark in color.
Distribution.
Aphanotorulus gomesi
is only known from its
type
locality. No other specimens are known (Fig. 10).