Taxonomy of the plesiolebiasine killifish genera Pituna, Plesiolebias and Maratecoara (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae), with descriptions of nine new species
Author
Costa, Wilson J. E. M.
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Zootaxa
2007
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.175565
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175565
Plesiolebias
Costa
Plesiolebias
Costa, 1989b
: 193
(
type
species:
Cynolebias xavantei
Costa, Lacerda & Tanizaki
, by original designation).
Diagnosis.
Distinguished from all other genera of Plesiolebiasini by the following unique features: posterior process of quadrate and sympletic long (
vs.
short) (
Costa, 1998a
), interarcual cartilage absent (
vs.
present) (
Costa, 1998a
), rays of anterior portion of anal fin longer than posterior rays (
vs.
longer) (
Costa, 1995a
), and frontal squamation G-patterned (
vs.
F or D patterned) (
Costa, 1998a
).
Distribution.
Southeastern Amazonian basin, including Xingu, Araguaia, and Tocantins river drainages,
Brazil
; and rio
Paraguay
basin, in northern Brazilian Pantanal (
Fig. 13
).
Remarks.
The systematic accounts below should be viewed as a complement to the recent taxonomic revision of
Plesiolebias
(
Costa, 1998c
)
, where redescriptions of
P. xavantei
,
P. l a c e rd a i
,
P. aruana
, and
P. glaucopterus
are included.