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<paragraph id="909D649CE03C1DC9949977E8A3707FE5" pageNumber="5">Fig. 1</paragraph>
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: Ringuelet et al., 1967 (in part): 411
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(3 specimens from Pindapoy,
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; 69.0-72.0 mm SL)
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<paragraph id="54DCA62453812A694105EB9C9BB91D72" pageNumber="5">
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Holotype.
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1698, 97.4 mm SL, female, arroyo
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-
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(27º08S 54º54W)
<collectingRegion id="DAA2E636B47EF58D380D23394E829313">Cainguas Department, Misiones Province</collectingRegion>
,
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, September 2000, A. Miquelarena et al.
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Paratypes.
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:
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1064, (1) 51.1 mm SL, May 1997, R. Filiberto &amp; N. Perelmuter
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;
<materialsCitation id="B2B0C889C3DC9E1F225C584A777011E5" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="923889140" country="Argentina" stateProvince="Cainguas Department, Misiones Province">
<collectionCode id="ADE3341B9E4D5A3B34F52B8DAF9D8544">ILPLA</collectionCode>
1065 (2 cleared and stained) 89.6-90.2 mm SL, July 1998, R. Filiberto et al.
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;
<materialsCitation id="E1331BF141D4A1659E2792C2FDB00A73" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="923889143" country="Argentina" stateProvince="Cainguas Department, Misiones Province">
<collectionCode id="604AD8326DDCB428C86514E663BF45DF">ILPLA</collectionCode>
1190, (7) 36.9-92.1 mm SL, September 2000, A. Miquelarena et al.
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;
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<collectionCode id="B157D609C4265A85F11B5213D7D97A9E">ILPLA</collectionCode>
1210, (1) 59.6 mm SL, September 1997, F. de Durana &amp; H.
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;
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<collectionCode id="DC9B294D623E7BBCBB528113608433AC">ILPLA</collectionCode>
1684, (1) 79.9 mm SL, March 2000, R. Filiberto et al., same locality as holotype
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;
<materialsCitation id="D89056679E64EEBC657BA4EC1282F6BF" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="923889136" country="Argentina" stateProvince="Cainguas Department, Misiones Province">
<collectionCode id="A29B6A4BBC0DE253E305760425F139EC">ILPLA</collectionCode>
1189, (2) 35.2-55.1 mm SL, March 2000, H. Povedano
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;
<materialsCitation id="E50B32CDA9D063E4C4501C4403E973FC" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="923889146" country="Argentina" stateProvince="Cainguas Department, Misiones Province">
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1191, (6) 43.6-84.8 mm SL, arroyo Tateto (27º10S 54º57W)
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Department, Misiones Province
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, September 2000, A. Miquelarena et al.
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;
<materialsCitation id="426A8231F9768316488270AFB525F8D5" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="923889125" country="Argentina" stateProvince="San Pedro Department, Misiones Province">
<collectionCode id="F638CC146FC061D60860F9E212F3E92C">ILPLA</collectionCode>
1336, (1) 86.7 mm SL, San Pedro (26º39S 54º08W)
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, November 1972, A. Acosta
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;
<materialsCitation id="692D95650B7501935514045AA85B9C01" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="923889138" country="Argentina" stateProvince="San Pedro Department, Misiones Province">
<collectionCode id="5DCA08E9D41B9805370AC4C1231E8490">ILPLA</collectionCode>
1546, (2) 57.8-59.2 mm SL, Salto Horacio and arroyo
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at the end of Provincial Road 21 (27ºS 54ºW)
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, January 2001, R. Filiberto et al.
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;
<materialsCitation id="E73CFE1EA73B214EE16FD54A766BCEBE" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="923889127" country="Argentina" stateProvince="Santa Ana Department, Misiones Province">
<collectionCode id="B20E741A1DDC4CEE22519D39124ED736">ILPLA</collectionCode>
1551, (1) 70.0 mm SL, arroyo Santa Ana, on National Road 12 (27º23S 55º36W)
<collectingRegion id="1F327E8F27BC41E21673FDF2D50DBB51">Santa Ana Department, Misiones Province</collectingRegion>
, January 2001, R. Filiberto et al.
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;
<materialsCitation id="ECC0365CBE158CB4DE7D16207A9B0C13" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="923889130" country="Argentina" stateProvince="Cainguas Department, Misiones Province">
<collectionCode id="E0843512BBD0F9DB70862464EE240486">ILPLA</collectionCode>
1681, (2) 52.5-85.8 mm SL and MCP 35793, (3) 66.6-84.3mm SL, arroyo Liso (27º06S 54º59W),
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valley,
<collectingRegion id="7F4A33378BDE26FF315AE5D19B7295F3">
<normalizedToken id="6C018875DD8C62987E4E2455FFA8A809" originalValue="Cainguás">Cainguas</normalizedToken>
Department, Misiones Province
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, March 2000, H. Povedano
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;
<materialsCitation id="521EF38EA00E1EB297D8EAB068E14FD4" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="923889124" country="Argentina" stateProvince="Apostoles Department, Misiones Province">
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3368, (1) 72.0 mm SL
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and
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3370, (2) 69.0-70.0 mm SL, Pindapoy (27º45S 55º48W)
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Department, Misiones Province
</collectingRegion>
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.
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Diagnosis: The new species differs from all other
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species by its unique pattern of abdominal plates: anterior abdominal region covered by plates, except for the pectoral girdle, which generally lacks plates. When present in this region, the plates are relatively small, few, well-defined and grouped as shown in Figure 2. The posterior plates of this complex are arranged in one or two regular series. The posterior abdominal complex comprises a well-developed preanal plate, bordered anteriorly by a series of 3-5 usually polygonal plates. In addition, the following combination of characters permits the differentiation of this species: premaxillary and dentary teeth with unequal-sized cusps (Fig. 3 a; b); upper caudal ray barely longer than the lower ray (not prolonged as a filament), and snout tip with an oval naked area not reaching the last pore of the infraorbital sensory canal.
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Among the species that partially lack abdominal plates,
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is most similar to
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. However, this species differs from
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in the following characters: wider caudal peduncle (4.0-4.5 vs. 2.9-3.9 % SL); smaller orbital diameter (17.0-19.5 vs. 19.6-26.2 % HL); and margin of caudal fin truncated vs. concave.
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<paragraph id="DC4149ACD1DBE13BADE6C4C1F460AD20" pageNumber="8">Description: Morphometrics in Table 1. Head and body strongly depressed. Trunk and caudal peduncle ventrally flattened and becoming more compressed caudally. Dorsal profile of body straight or slightly concave at snout level; convex at eye level, straight or somewhat convex to dorsal fin, straight from dorsal fin to penultimate plate of caudal peduncle. Upper edge of orbit slightly raised. Well-developed triangular postorbital notch.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="33F00929E22CD6ADBA9953BBA6350D8B" pageNumber="8">Outline of head triangular in dorsal view, with straight or convex sides. Odontodes small, densely arranged in lines covering head, trunk, and fin rays. Tip of snout with oval area of naked skin. In all examined individuals (n= 30), area between naked area on snout tip and upper lip with odontodes, except for three juvenile specimens. Naked skin area not reaching anterior pore of infraorbital branch of sensory canal. Lower lip bearing very short digitiform papillae on its outer edge shallow median notch present. Maxillary barbel shorter than eye diameter. Rostral border poorly developed. Premaxilla with 4-10 (mean= 6.7, n=32) bilobed teeth in functional series. Dentary with 4-9 (mean= 6.3, n=32) bilobed teeth in functional series. All teeth with uneven cusps. Five to 10 (mean= 7.5) thoracic plates between origin of pectoral and pelvic fins (except in one individual with four plates on right side and another with eleven plates on left side). Posterior abdominal plate complex formed by one preanal plate anteriorly, surrounded by 3 to 5 plates, usually polygonal, although sometimes irregularly shaped. Anterior abdominal region with plates, except on pectoral girdle skeleton. When present on pectoral girdle, these plates are relatively small, few, and well-defined. Lateral plates ranging from 26 to 29 (mean= 27.5) with welldeveloped keels formed by hypertrophied odontodes, coalesced in last 8 to 13 (mean= 11.1) plates. Supraoccipital and predorsal plates with low ridges.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="FB0AEB67248619A8F2625A295CE20E69" lastPageNumber="9" pageNumber="8">Posterior margin of dorsal fin straight or slightly convex, with first unbranched ray and/or second or third branched rays longest. Tip of dorsal fin, when depressed, reaches third or fourth plate posterior to fin insertion. Posterior margin of pectoral fin straight or slightly convex longer first ray reaching to or slightly beyond level of pelvic fin origin. Posterior margin of pelvic fin rounded; third and fourth rays longest, reaching to or falling short of anal fin origin. Posterior margin of anal fin rounded, with longer second and/or third fin rays. Tip of anal fin, when depressed, reaches fifth plate posterior to fin insertion; three ventral plates along its base. Posterior margin of caudal fin concave; upper unbranched ray slightly longer than lower, not extended as filament.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3E8402689512702452892101A9F4DE39" pageNumber="9">Color in alcohol: Background color of dorsal surface of head and body tan with six transverse black bands; first or anteriormost crossing supraoccipital process, second at dorsal fin base, and third through fifth variable in position between dorsal and caudal fins. Ventral surface light brown or yellowish. Sides of head frequently with dots or vermiculate black spots. Pectoral, pelvic, dorsal, and anal fins with round black spots arranged in rows. Caudal fin with conspicuous dark spot on its base and numerous dots near distal margin forming a black stripe. Ventral snout, upper lip, and barbels with black pigmentation.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="61265275D6AAFE6DAF5F400D1961986B" pageNumber="10">Sexual dimorphism: Males have hypertrophied odontodes on the sides of head, especially on the opercular area, and on the dorsal surface of branched pectoral-fin rays. Pectoral spine (or leading unbranched pectoral ray) is hypertrophied and the anterodorsal odontodes are markedly enlarged. Cusps of premaxillary teeth have smoothly rounded edges in males, whereas females have sharper, less rounded cusps (Fig. 3 a b, respectively).</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="EDF2C3E2D034B52BEFD30AC91C910C33" pageNumber="10">Habitat: Small streams having swift current over rocky and sandy bottoms (Fig. 4). Individuals seek shelter between rocks, gravel, and crevices during the day, and are active mainly during the night.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="E167D44ECECEFFD2535521274EB1CEFD" pageNumber="10">Etymology: The specific name, misionera, refers to Misiones, the Argentinian Province containing the type-locality.</paragraph>
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Distribution:
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and Uruguay River basins in Misiones Province, Argentina (Fig. 5).
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<paragraph id="5BC2BAF3BD06E7F0C2B852E339F124A0" pageNumber="10">Discussion</paragraph>
<paragraph id="DD13F031D3CD308AC353AE39358A091B" lastPageNumber="11" pageNumber="10">
The partial or total absence of plates on the abdomen has only been described for three species of
<taxonomicName id="E1EA85ADF3632B27880335C1214B8100" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:0FBA6282-7C63-46BB-964D-66D45DB6133E" family="Loricariidae" genus="Rineloricaria" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Rineloricaria Bleeker 1862:3" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="10" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Rineloricaria</taxonomicName>
:
<taxonomicName id="9BD95FB71A2C03FD6D162F7E4576165C" family="Loricariidae" genus="Rineloricaria" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="10" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="latirostris">R. latirostris</taxonomicName>
, from a tributary of the upper
<normalizedToken id="79E8C27508D694981FC5DB933C2E9F98" originalValue="Paraná">Parana</normalizedToken>
River in Brazil,
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, and
<taxonomicName id="82E3C9297D06756C71D3EDBD2630136A" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:C0403776-EB39-482E-A222-C3D245926C8D" family="Loricariidae" genus="Rineloricaria" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Rineloricaria maquinensis Reis &amp; Cardoso 2001:321" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="10" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="maquinensis">R. maquinensis Reis &amp; Cardoso, 2001</taxonomicName>
, the last two species described from southeastern Brazil. Among these species,
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appears more closely related to
<taxonomicName id="65642C05F56865B5170B7F7CCE2894DF" family="Loricariidae" genus="Rineloricaria" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="10" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="latirostris">R. latirostris</taxonomicName>
based on similarities in the anterior abdominal plate complex. However, the new species differs from
<taxonomicName id="1F5A6CFE8099AE65846877BD7F9DA806" family="Loricariidae" genus="Rineloricaria" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="10" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="latirostris">R. latirostris</taxonomicName>
in several characters: narrower caudal peduncle (2.9-3.9 vs. 4.0-4.5 % SL); greater orbital diameter (19.6- 26.2 vs. 17.0-19.5 % HL), greater number of plates in the anterior abdominal complex (20-45 vs. 13-23), and posterior margin of the caudal fin (concave vs. truncate). In addition, odontode development surrounding the area of naked skin on the snout of
<taxonomicName id="FA4864E5E15B43D1EC846165CA7CCB6C" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:4E186658-3AE2-4873-8FC4-44C98EB2E5B0" family="Loricariidae" genus="Rineloricaria" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Rineloricaria misionera Rodríguez &amp; Miquelarena 2005:5" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="10" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="misionera">R. misionera</taxonomicName>
is less pronounced than the broad, caramel-colored odontodes in
<taxonomicName id="F243F42D813B9AE1299A3BACBA00E3E8" family="Loricariidae" genus="Rineloricaria" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="10" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="latirostris">R. latirostris</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="52B44B8A8F348CCA27C05DE93E789035" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="5AE3F1A03586CDB4D790DD3E3157CCA1" pageNumber="12">
Tooth morphology differentiates
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from
<taxonomicName id="1CE1BA560BF3A555AB7C47D30A6D1679" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:C8FB30C4-E226-4294-8417-FD2605C2EB48" family="Loricariidae" genus="Rineloricaria" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Rineloricaria aequalicuspis Reis &amp; Cardoso 2001:324" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="aequalicuspis">R. aequalicuspis</taxonomicName>
, with the former having asymmetrical cusps and the latter with symmetrical cusps. Differences in the development of plates in the anterior abdominal region further distinguish these two species:
<taxonomicName id="02CC9B1A5A2CEE2A5FD77BDA31F60035" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:4E186658-3AE2-4873-8FC4-44C98EB2E5B0" family="Loricariidae" genus="Rineloricaria" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Rineloricaria misionera Rodríguez &amp; Miquelarena 2005:5" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="misionera">R. misionera</taxonomicName>
always has 20-45 plates in this area, whereas in
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this area is either naked or has up to 25 plates.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="EBA9AF455A6D137B4594F203B6664BCA" pageNumber="12">
<taxonomicName id="959337D77BC689C5061A87FB84A710EF" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:4E186658-3AE2-4873-8FC4-44C98EB2E5B0" family="Loricariidae" genus="Rineloricaria" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Rineloricaria misionera Rodríguez &amp; Miquelarena 2005:5" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="misionera">Rineloricaria misionera</taxonomicName>
differs from
<taxonomicName id="F153333823FADD3E123E04437DFC3A97" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:C0403776-EB39-482E-A222-C3D245926C8D" family="Loricariidae" genus="Rineloricaria" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Rineloricaria maquinensis Reis &amp; Cardoso 2001:321" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="maquinensis">R. maquinensis</taxonomicName>
in having plates on the anterior abdomen, greater predorsal distance (31.9-36.2 vs. 28.2-31.5 % SL), shorter postanal distance (44.1-53.1 vs. 55.5-62.5 % SL), posterior margin of caudal fin concave vs. truncate, and, sexually dimorphic teeth.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F0F1C731F77EB912AB6653D5428063D1" pageNumber="12">
<taxonomicName id="38843D000F0C3A9D8761C4F4AF4710A2" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:4E186658-3AE2-4873-8FC4-44C98EB2E5B0" family="Loricariidae" genus="Rineloricaria" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Rineloricaria misionera Rodríguez &amp; Miquelarena 2005:5" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="misionera">Rineloricaria misionera</taxonomicName>
differs from all other species recorded in Argentina (
<taxonomicName id="68E3BD710E211CEF063C883E3023BB9E" family="Loricariidae" genus="Rineloricaria" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lima">R. lima</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="C2E58318163F18BDCD1FC85442A4C06A" family="Loricariidae" genus="Rineloricaria" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="catamarcensis">R. catamarcensis</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C1853B24FF459B00F2E492C0364241D" family="Loricariidae" genus="Rineloricaria" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="microlepidogaster">R. microlepidogaster</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="DE0751AB02A42A1C0D67C00ADE937C89" family="Loricariidae" genus="Rineloricaria" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="felipponei">R. felipponei</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="C8FD76C2741A36169691551BBCC47763" family="Loricariidae" genus="Rineloricaria" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="thrissoceps">R. thrissoceps</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="F35148D908D506F49021FFAD4507C257" family="Loricariidae" genus="Rineloricaria" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pareiacantha">R. pareiacantha</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="9E3099E25E26982FD12FAE160D3E54F5" family="Loricariidae" genus="Rineloricaria" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="parva">R. parva</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="38F363F5570526A2D8656A3BD1BA5D8D" family="Loricariidae" genus="Rineloricaria" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lanceolata">R. lanceolata</taxonomicName>
) in having the anterior abdominal area only partially covered by plates.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="EBF2128854B09B3B25F9EBB70D1E51E7" pageNumber="12">
<taxonomicName id="C3DBC9CA1410320142A848A7897FE4E4" family="Loricariidae" genus="Rineloricaria" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="catamarcensis">Rineloricaria catamarcensis</taxonomicName>
, a species occurring in central and northwestern Argentina, resembles
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in some morphometrical characters. However,
<taxonomicName id="7AA0E5DC4F942ED0A3F389533A902FB9" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:4E186658-3AE2-4873-8FC4-44C98EB2E5B0" family="Loricariidae" genus="Rineloricaria" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Rineloricaria misionera Rodríguez &amp; Miquelarena 2005:5" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="misionera">R. misionera</taxonomicName>
is distinguished from
<taxonomicName id="29F7AADE0F092D644DBDEA1D00B579DC" family="Loricariidae" genus="Rineloricaria" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="catamarcensis">R. catamarcensis</taxonomicName>
, in addition to the aforementioned characters, in having the upper caudal ray not prolonged as a filament, and densely distributed silk-like body odontodes vs. sparsely distributed, coarse or hispid-like odontodes. In addition, these species occur in different habitats: while
<taxonomicName id="697C4AA862FA04136A12E8932DE644B0" family="Loricariidae" genus="Rineloricaria" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="catamarcensis">R. catamarcensis</taxonomicName>
occurs in small streams to large rivers with muddy or sandy bottoms,
<taxonomicName id="6DE7985BE8331FE2B29CE5EF04F06A0D" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:4E186658-3AE2-4873-8FC4-44C98EB2E5B0" family="Loricariidae" genus="Rineloricaria" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Rineloricaria misionera Rodríguez &amp; Miquelarena 2005:5" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="misionera">R. misionera</taxonomicName>
inhabits fast-flowing streams with rocky and sandy bottoms.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F737DCEB4390D775BCC78234E9864151" pageNumber="12">
The distributional range of three
<taxonomicName id="5BA5ED7DBCB454D9B7D47F807E3DF33E" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:0FBA6282-7C63-46BB-964D-66D45DB6133E" family="Loricariidae" genus="Rineloricaria" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Rineloricaria Bleeker 1862:3" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Rineloricaria</taxonomicName>
species,
<taxonomicName id="7B20C7DE4595C3AC1FFB4BF683D6BAB2" family="Loricariidae" genus="Rineloricaria" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lanceolata">R. lanceolata</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="C4498627A7BBA4B6AF85235052C21354" family="Loricariidae" genus="Rineloricaria" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="microlepidogaster">R. microlepidogaster</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="B3F8BA7ED05067D716F2F91607EF1713" family="Loricariidae" genus="Rineloricaria" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="parva">R. parva</taxonomicName>
, is similar to that of
<taxonomicName id="783B83FE73E9AD6345219C78BDDC8B93" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:4E186658-3AE2-4873-8FC4-44C98EB2E5B0" family="Loricariidae" genus="Rineloricaria" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Rineloricaria misionera Rodríguez &amp; Miquelarena 2005:5" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="misionera">R. misionera</taxonomicName>
.
<taxonomicName id="9FE8EDC7831DCFE1487BC6CB6AEC6080" family="Loricariidae" genus="Rineloricaria" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="parva">Rineloricaria parva</taxonomicName>
, distributed in Upper and Lower
<normalizedToken id="FFA3692928DB9729122105AD3DFA9FBB" originalValue="Paraná">Parana</normalizedToken>
and Lower Uruguay basins in Argentina, differs from
<taxonomicName id="357473FC4B8435E9A423B1C9923E1076" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:4E186658-3AE2-4873-8FC4-44C98EB2E5B0" family="Loricariidae" genus="Rineloricaria" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Rineloricaria misionera Rodríguez &amp; Miquelarena 2005:5" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="misionera">R. misionera</taxonomicName>
in having more fused plates (12-16 vs. 8-13), shorter head (16.7-21.2 vs. 21.3-25.7 % SL), shorter abdominal length (11.4-15.4 vs. 14.4-19.2 % SL), shorter cleithral width (11.5-16.6 vs. 15.7-21.4 % SL), less deep caudal peduncle (1.0-1.6 vs. 1.4-2.2 % SL) and upper and lower caudal rays prolonged as filaments.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="73DBBC16C9C6F29073B46343D3660E2D" pageNumber="12">
<taxonomicName id="7D6950E8EC461C9A086694C4EB005485" family="Loricariidae" genus="Rineloricaria" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lanceolata">Rineloricaria lanceolata</taxonomicName>
, reported for Upper and Lower
<normalizedToken id="F9E1B43CC4FF2F41216F662F101EC10E" originalValue="Paraná">Parana</normalizedToken>
basins, differs from
<taxonomicName id="8DD3DB1D75734294E9E4AFF212464BEE" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:4E186658-3AE2-4873-8FC4-44C98EB2E5B0" family="Loricariidae" genus="Rineloricaria" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Rineloricaria misionera Rodríguez &amp; Miquelarena 2005:5" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="misionera">R. misionera</taxonomicName>
in having more fused lateral plates (13-8 vs. 8-13), shorter abdominal length (12.2-14.4 vs.14.4-19.2 % SL), upper and lower caudal rays prolonged as filaments, dissimilar color pattern and different sexual dimorphism (
<normalizedToken id="5DCA6FDB94942BEC0506D80678A1B867" originalValue="Isbrücker">Isbruecker</normalizedToken>
, 1973).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E5ECE6392D7AEECE7B8D198A0E6FBE4A" pageNumber="12">
<taxonomicName id="4F3232BE0FDA5F26D2F73005B5C3AD47" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:4E186658-3AE2-4873-8FC4-44C98EB2E5B0" family="Loricariidae" genus="Rineloricaria" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Rineloricaria misionera Rodríguez &amp; Miquelarena 2005:5" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="misionera">Rineloricaria misionera</taxonomicName>
differs from
<taxonomicName id="AB1136266B3D15F2D7DA974B997ACB28" family="Loricariidae" genus="Rineloricaria" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="microlepidogaster">R. microlepidogaster</taxonomicName>
, distributed in the Lower Uruguay basin, in having well-developed orbital notch and shorter pectoral fin (tip reaching or barely exceeding pelvic fin origin).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BEB32DFEEE01194AE43FD10C1781EDE7" pageNumber="12">
<taxonomicName id="46B0BB5DE11ED8C8AAFB60FBFC5512B1" family="Loricariidae" genus="Rineloricaria" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="felipponei">Rineloricaria felipponei</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="DC4D50C6F9A85F60D10E70A6E8CEF2C8" family="Loricariidae" genus="Rineloricaria" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pareiacantha">R. pareiacantha</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="E53D182AD919DB90DE0A4BE8FB2ED74A" family="Loricariidae" genus="Rineloricaria" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="thrissoceps">R. thrissoceps</taxonomicName>
have only been nominally cited by de Buen (1950) for
<normalizedToken id="36E4A2117568DEFB4C752706146C2CDB" originalValue="Río">Rio</normalizedToken>
de La Plata.
<taxonomicName id="5625EEE8E1CFF668C33ADF6C52CC9836" family="Loricariidae" genus="Rineloricaria" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lima">Rineloricaria lima</taxonomicName>
was cited for
<normalizedToken id="7CAAA36E316D7B1DC118A80D9AB68C9E" originalValue="Río">Rio</normalizedToken>
de La Plata by Van Der Stigchel (1947). This author redescribed the species based on two female specimens (one from Caracas, Venezuela, and one from
<normalizedToken id="CCBB794A6C9ABEAC4311D26F46D6A536" originalValue="Río">Rio</normalizedToken>
de La Plata) and one male specimen from Rio de Janeiro (Brasil). Subsequently several authors (Ringuelet et al, 1967;
<normalizedToken id="5C923CC3D206F2162EE5254B5878423F" originalValue="López">Lopez</normalizedToken>
, 1970; Cordini, 1977; Cordiviola de Yuan, 1992; Liotta et al., 1995/96;
<normalizedToken id="0231E899DCA0695B8A8F71E7C1302B2F" originalValue="López">Lopez</normalizedToken>
et al., 1996; del Barco, 1997;
<normalizedToken id="08C5B10CC7361C6AC9C158FF9EC036BF" originalValue="Almirón">Almiron</normalizedToken>
et al., 2000, Nieva et al, 2001;
<normalizedToken id="38840EF786E68676BA6B705E824639C8" originalValue="López">Lopez</normalizedToken>
et al., 2003; Monasterio de Gonzo, 2003; Menni, 2004) reported the species for diverse basins in Argentina. The presence of these species in Argentina could not be confirmed from the revision of type specimens, materials from ichthyological collections and field-collected specimens.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="DA131C20754644B1D93D3A1A1BACBE15" pageNumber="13">
The Province of Misiones along with the Yungas cloudforest, is one of the areas of highest biodiversity in Argentina (Bertonatti &amp; Corcuera, 2000). From an ichthyofaunistic standpoint, it is part of the Paranoplatensean Province (Ringuelet, 1975) and the Misioneran ecoregion (
<normalizedToken id="9E70D1A0235E1564173B9E6FE25F420E" originalValue="López">Lopez</normalizedToken>
et al., 2002). During the last seven years, increased sampling efforts of interior streams within this territory has led to the discovery of new taxa in the orders Characiformes, Silurifomes, and Perciformes. For example, in
<normalizedToken id="9461F9730E5818785945D9429442024E" originalValue="Cuña">Cuna</normalizedToken>
-
<normalizedToken id="9463E42E2EFE72533AAF0C4AA3F28E16" originalValue="Pirú">Piru</normalizedToken>
Creek seven new species, including
<taxonomicName id="CC2233D69CF8B226DBD6E6D5EF3EA7AD" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:4E186658-3AE2-4873-8FC4-44C98EB2E5B0" family="Loricariidae" genus="Rineloricaria" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Rineloricaria misionera Rodríguez &amp; Miquelarena 2005:5" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="13" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="misionera">R. misionera</taxonomicName>
, have been recorded in the last three years within the genera
<taxonomicName id="526F4CDABECF9C98C5BC143A56F4319D" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:4DB39814-5BBA-4D7B-8C5D-F830AB26824D" family="Characidae" genus="Astyanax" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Astyanax Baird &amp; Girard 1854:26" order="Characiformes" pageNumber="13" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Astyanax</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="ECC23E38BFB03BDA2BAA61E710E429D5" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:A694B2D7-A3FB-417F-A952-1A84FFB5C7B2" family="Characidae" genus="Bryconamericus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Bryconamericus Eigenmann 1907:139" order="Characiformes" pageNumber="13" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Bryconamericus</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="6F3A31BD43FD561613D2CE1ECD2EF3AF" family="Cichlidae" genus="Gymnogeophagus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageNumber="13" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Gymnogeophagus</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="601FB56D9596AB502FF3F04807D471E0" family="Heptapteridae" genus="Rhamdella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="13" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Rhamdella</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="C7F16F12C0EE9B9D6F0B6BF61F8CB142" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:0FBA6282-7C63-46BB-964D-66D45DB6133E" family="Loricariidae" genus="Rineloricaria" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Rineloricaria Bleeker 1862:3" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="13" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Rineloricaria</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="56F30AEB5BE216C491035F830ADB258A" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:F8DFAC7C-18AA-4CA9-ACC0-5AC9D8BFFFC1" family="Cichlidae" genus="Crenicichla" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Crenicichla Heckel 1840:416" order="Perciformes" pageNumber="13" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Crenicichla</taxonomicName>
(Miquelarena et al., 2002).
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