Open AccessHemibrycon santamartae: a new species from the Rancheria river of eastern Caribbean Colombia (Characiformes: Characidae)
Author(s) -
César Román–Valencia,
Raquel I. Ruiz-C.,
Carlos A. García–Alzate,
Donald C. Taphorn
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
revista de investigaciones universidad del quindio
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2500-5782
pISSN - 1794-631X
DOI - 10.33975/riuq.vol19n1.782
Subject(s) - characidae , characiformes , meristics , osteology , anatomy , dragonfly , calyx , biology , dorsum , paleontology , geography , zoology , fish <actinopterygii> , odonata , fishery
Based on 69 specimens, using morphometric, meristic and osteological characters, we describe a new species of Hemibrycon from the Rancheria River, a Caribbean coastal drainage of eastern Colombia that drains the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. H. santamartae is distinguished from congeners by the following: presence of small hooks on the first six to eight branched analfin rays of males, with two to four hooks on only the middle sections of the rays; adipose fin pigmented but with hyaline margins; an apophysis present on the dorsal margin of the rhinosphenoids that is directed toward the anterior tip; ventral process of the angulo-articular reduced and with a straight margin. Data on the phylogenetic position of the new species are presented.