On a new species of the genus Moenkhausia Eigenmann (Ostariophysi: Characidae).
Author
Paulo H. F. Lucinda
Author
Luiz R. Malabarba
Author
Ricardo C. Benine
text
Zootaxa
2007
1525
61
68
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Moenkhausia Eigenmann
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The genus
Moenkhausia
was erected by Eigenmann (1903) and is currently defined by the presence of premaxillary teeth in two parallel rows, five or more teeth in the inner premaxillary tooth row, a completely pored lateral line, and scaled caudal-fin lobes (see Eigenmann, 1917). Presently, the genus comprises 63 valid species of small characids largely distributed in South America drainages of the
Rio
Orinoco, Rio Amazonas, Rio Tocantins-Araguaia, Rio Paraguay, Rio Uruguay and Rio Doce. (Lima et al., 2003; Eschmeyer’s Online Catalog of Fishes, 2006).