The genera Isorineloricaria and Aphanotorulus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) with description of a new speciesAuthorRay, C. KeithAuthorArmbruster, Jonathan W.textZootaxa201640725501539journal article4683910.11646/zootaxa.4072.5.1235dd6cd-8f4e-4d97-abe9-49048dee198a1175-53262630209C5743A5-6F97-471E-8F60-99A744193FE1Aphanotorulus horridus
(
Kner 1854
)
(
Fig. 11
)
Hypostomus horridusKner, 1854
: 259
, pl. 1 (fig. 1).
Type
locality: Forte do
Principe
am Rio Guaporé,
Brazil
.
Syntypes
(3): NMW 16325 (1), NMW 86604 (1). Originally proposed as
Hyp.
horridus
.
Plecostomus biseriatusCope, 1872
: 285
.
Type
locality: the Amazon, between the mouth of the Rio Negro and the Peruvian Amazon or Ucayale River.
Holotype
: ANSP 8279.
Plecostomus scopulariusCope, 1871
: 55
.
Type
locality: the Amazon above the mouth of the Rio Negro.
Lectotype
: ANSP 8081, designated by Fowler (1915: 233); illustrated in
Cope (1872a: pl. 16, no. 1)
.
Plecostomus virescensCope, 1874
: 137
.
Type
locality: not explicitly given [Upper Amazon].
Syntypes
: ANSP 21280 (4).
FIGURE 10.
Distribution of
Aphanotorulus gomesi
(star),
A. phrixosoma
(X),
Isorineloricaria
acuarius
(squares),
I.
spinosissima
(circles),
I. tenuicauda
(diamonds), and
I. villarsi
(triangles). Type localities represented
by open symbols when
there is more than one known locality.
Material examined.
Bolvia:
AMNH
77469 (2), Rio Mamore; 8 kilometers north of Exaltacion, Depto Beni, Col. by S. Anderson,
29 September 1965
;
INHS
36997 (1), Rio Maniqui at San Borja, Beni,
Bolivia
;
USNM
305509 (2), Rio Curiraba @
10 km
NE El Porvenir Biol. Sta., @ 40 Air km E San Borja, Dept. Beni, Ballivia Prov., - 14.917, -66.283, col. by W.C. Starnes, T.A. Monroe, J. Sarmiento,
et al.
,
31 August 1987
.
Brazil
:
AMNH
12604 (1), Vicinity of mouth of Rio Macaua (tributary Rio Iaco), near Sena Madureira,
09º20’S
, ca.
68º45’W
, col. by B.A. Krukoff, 1934;
ANSP
8081 (1), (
Holotype
:
Plecostomus scopularius
,
Cope 1871
), Amazon River, above the mouth of the Rio Negro, R. Perkins;
MCZ
33518 (2), Rio Jurua [vicinity of mouth of Rio Embira, trib. of Rio Tarauaca, in turn a trib. of Rio Jurua], Amazonas, col. by B.A. Krukoff, 1934;
MCZ
33524 (2), Rio Purus [vicinity of mouth of Rio Macaua, trib. of Rio Iaco, in turn a tri. of Rio Purus], Acre, col. by B.A. Krukoff, 1933;
MCZ
7794 (1),;
MCZ
7799 (2), Tabatinga [Rio Solimoes at Tabatinga (aka Sapurara) and environs], Amazonas, THAYER 133, col. by D. Bourget, 1865;
MCZ
7802 (2), Lago Cudajas [Lago Badajos], Amazonas, THAYER 0 25, col. by S.V.R. Thayer, D. Bourget, 1865;
MCZ
7803 (2), Lago Manacapuru; Manacapuru [Lago Grande de Manacapuru], Amazonas, THAYER 0 60, col. by W. James, 1865;
MCZ
7879 (3), Obidos; Obydos [Rio Amazonas at Obidos], Pará, THAYER 0 76, col. by Length Agassiz and party,
26 August 1865
;
MZUSP
23260 (1), Rio Solimões, Amazonas,
4º5’S63º9’W
, Expedição Permanente à Amazônia,
28 September 1968
;
MZUSP
28368 (2), Rio Machado, próximo à foz, Rondônia, 8º4ºS
62º54’W
, Expedição Permanente à Amazônia,
21 November 1975
;
MZUSP
49682 (1), Rio Acre, Seringal Bom Destino (1 hora acima de Porto Acre), Acre,
9º36’S
,
67º32’W
,
19 October 1994
;
MZUSP
49839 (1), Rio Acre, seringal Perseverança, Rio Purus drainage, Acre,;
MZUSP
50374 (1), Rio Juruá, Colocacão São João, Acre,
9º9’S
,
72º41’W
,
8 July 1993
;
MZUSP
50377 (1), Rio Tejo, Ponto 13, Foz Bajé, Acre,
8º56’S72º34’W
,
8 March 1994
;
MZUSP
50489 (1), Foz do São João, Rio Juruá, Acre,
9º9’S
,
72º41’W
,
18 July 1994
;
MZUSP
50491(1), Foz do Breu, Rio Juruá, Acre,
9º25’S72º43’W
,
21 July 1994
;
MZUSP
50494 (1), Foz do Tejo, Rio Juruá, Acre,
8º58’S72º42’W
,
15 July 1994
;
MZUSP
57622 (1), Rio Madeira, Amazonas,
3º49’54”S59º3’58”W
, col. by Zanata
et al.
,
7 August 1996
;
MZUSP
60372 (1), Rio Aripuanã, Porto de Balsa (rio acima), estrada que liga o distrito de Colniza a Panelas, km 18, Aripuanã, Mato Grosso,
9º34’45”S59º25’19”W
, col. by F. Machado, C.H. Melo, C.M.C. Leite & M.F. Catarino;
USNM
0 41540 (1), Manacapouru;
USNM
308227 (2), Ressaca Da
IlhaDe
Marchantaria, Amazonas, col. by P. Bayley,
2 March 1977
.
Colombia
:
FMNH
96065 (5), Amazon River
1 mi
. upstream from Leticia, Amazonas, col. by Thomerson
et al.
,
11 November 1973
.
Ecuador
:
USNM
177235 (1), Rio Cotapino, Trib. of the Suno, -0.708, -77.342, col. by J. Olalla,
October 1950
.
Peru
:
ANSP
21280-83 (4), (
Syntypes
:
Plecostomus virescensCope 1874
), Upper Amazon, col. by Prof. James Orton;
AUM
42001 (1), Rìo Tahuamanu, road crossing in vicinity of San Lorenzo, Madre de Dios, col. by M.H. Sabaj, Length Souza, M. Arce, Length deSouza, and N.J. Salcedo,
1 August 2004
;
AUM
45568 (1), Rìo Nieva,
7.4 km
SSW Juan Velasco (Sta Maria de Nieva), Condorcanqui, Amazonas, col. by N.K. Lujan, D.C. Werneke, D.C. Taphorn, D.P.
German
, and D. Osorio,
5 August 2006
;
AUM
45585 (1), Rìo Marañon, pongo above Borja,
35.5 km
NE Juan Velasco (Sta Maria de Nieva), Condorcanqui, Amazonas, col. by N.K. Lujan, D.C. Werneke, D.C. Taphorn, A.S. Flecker, K.A. Capps, D.P.
German
, and D. Osorio,
6 August 2006
;
FMNH
70157 (1), Madre de Dios: Rio Inambari, col. by E.R. Blake,
6 October 1958
;
INHS
36566 (1), Rio Napo at Mazan, Dept. Loreto,
Peru
;
INHS
36796 (1), Iquitos, at fish market, Dept. Loreto,
Peru
;
INHS
55406 (1), Rio Amazonas at beach along E bank of E channel opposite Iquitos, Dept. Loreto,
Peru
;
MUSM
12628 (1), Tambopata, Rio Madre de Dios, El Bacon, Madre de Dio,
Peru
,
20 August 1997
;
MUSM
19897 (1), Tambopata, Rio Los Amigos, Madre de Dios,
Peru
,
17 August 2001
;
MUSM
26699 (1), Alto Amazonas, Trompeteros, Rio Corrientes, Loreto,
Peru
,
20 October 2005
;
MUSM
9976 (1), Tambopata, lago Valencia, Madre de Dios,
Peru
,
24 October 1995
;
MZUSP
26754 (1), Rio Aguaytia, Nuevo Requena, Pucallpa, col. by H. Ortega,
23 October 1973
;
MZUSP
26788 (1), Rio Neshuya, estrada Pucallpa- Huanuco, Pucallpa, Ucayali, col. by H. Ortega,
24 July 1978
;
MZUSP
26789 (2), Yarinacocha, Pucallpa, Cel. Portillo, Ucayali, col. by H. Ortega,
10 August 1973
; UF 126268 (1), Cano Puinahua, opposite mouth of Rio Pacaya. Habitat - Beaches & Muddy bottom, Loreto, col. by J.S. Albert
et al.
,
23 September 2002
;
USNM
0 86834 (2), Yurimaguas, Rio Paranapura, col. by W.R. Allen,
November 1920
;
USNM
123268 (1), Rio Morona, col. by W.R. Allen,
October 1920
;
USNM
124911 (2), Shansho Cano, col. by W.G. Scherer,
18 October 1935
;
USNM
167886 (1), Yurimaguas, Rio Huallaga, col. by W.R. Allen,
November 1920
;
USNM
167887 (2), Iquitos, Loreto Region, col. by W.R. Allen,
September 1920
;
USNM
167888 (1), Yurimaguas, Rio Paranapura, col. by W.R. Allen,
November 1920
;
USNM
263916 (3), Madre
De
Dios; Rio Tambopata, Opposite Boat Landing For Explorer'S Inn., Madre de Dios Region, -
12.833 S
, -
69.300 W
, col. by H. Ortega, R.P. Vari,
21 August 1983
;
USNM
263919 (1), Shore of
Isla
About
15 km
Downriver of Junction of Rio Tambopata and Rio Madre
De
Dios., Madre de Dios Region, -
12.500 S
, -
69.147 W
, col. by R.P. Vari, H. Ortega, S.L. Jewett,
25 August 1983
;
USNM
350530 (1), Department Madre
De
Dios: Parque Nacional Manu, Pakitza and Vicinity, Madre de Dios Region, col. by H. Ortega,
October 1987
. Unknown:
ANSP
8279 (1), Amazon River, col. by R.C. Perkins.
Diagnosis.Aphanotorulus horridus
can be diagnosed from
A. ammophilus
and
A. unicolor
by a single, large buccal papillae (vs. multiple buccal papillae); from
A. emarginatus
by having a smaller snout-nares distance to interorbital width ratio (70.5– 97.8% vs. 98.0– 175.4%), which separates 92% of individuals (
Fig. 2
); from
A. phrixosoma
by having fewer elongate hypertrophied covering the dorsal and ventral surfaces of body except the head (vs. many hypertrophied odontodes present—see
A. phrixosoma
description); and from
A. gomesi
only by range.
Aphanotorulus horridus
can be further diagnosed from
I. spinosissima
and
I. tenuicauda
by having flat compound pterotics (vs. rounded ridges on the compound pterotics in
I. spinosissima
and
I. tenuicauda
and sharp ridge present in
I. villarsi
); from
I. spinosissima
by having a larger caudal fin depth to head length ratio (see diagnosis of
I. spinosissima
); from
I. acuarius
by having a supraoccipital crest with posterior edge gently sloping into nape (vs.
I. acuarius
with posterior edge perpendicular to head).
Description.
Morphometric data given in
Table 3
. Head moderately deep with elevated supraoccipital crest; supraoccipital crest taller than nape and posterior edge of crest gently sloping into nape. Nape flat.
Pectoral-fin spine reaches posterior to insertion of pelvic fin. Pelvic-fin spine reaches insertion of anal-fin spine. Two plates separate adipose-fin membrane and first dorsal procurrent caudal fin spine.Lateral line plates 27–30 (mode 28; n= 73); dorsal-fin base plates six to eight (mode seven; n= 73); folded dorsal plates 10–14 (mode 12; n= 72); plates between dorsal and adipose fin six to 11 (mode nine; n= 73); adipose fin plates one to four (mode three; n= 73); anal fin base plates one to three (mode two; n= 73); plates from anal fin insertion to last plate on caudal peduncle 13–19 (mode =17; n =73); plates in folded pectoral fin four to eight (mode six; n =72); number of teeth on dentary 10–42 (mode =27; n =73); number of teeth on premaxilla nine to 37 (mode =22; n =73).
FIGURE 11.
Dorsal, lateral, and ventral views of
Aphanotorulus horridus
, AUM 42001. Scale = 1 cm.
Sexual Dimorphism.
Breeding males with short hypertrophied odontodes on ventral surfaces of body except head. Odontodes on body short; only on posterior edges of plates. Odontodes present on pectoral- and caudal-fin spines; odontodes increase in density and length distally on each fin spine. Hypertrophied odontodes absent from pelvic, dorsal, and adipose fin spines.
Color in alcohol.
Light tan background color with brown spots. Small spots covering head, increasing in size and becoming more elongate posteriorly along the body. In adults, spots begin to fuse together on head to create lines with reticulated patterns; largest specimens with mostly reticulated lines present, few spots remaining. Some specimens with small spots on ventral side of body along pectoral girdle. Paired fins with elongate spots, usually forming bands on fins. Dorsal fins in adults with elongate spots forming bands. Small, random spotting pattern apparent on adipose fin. Lower half of caudal fin rays darker in color than base color, dark coloration not extending to lower caudal spine.
Distribution.Aphanotorulus horridus
is found in the upper Amazon River, including the mainstem, Rio Napo, Rio Marañon, Rio Ucayali, Rio Juruá, Rio Purus, and Rio Madiera (
Fig. 12
).