Hypostomus minotauros, a new species of blunt-headed pleco is described from the Rio Tocantins basin. Unsure, if this species has been imported and/or assigned a L or LDA number prior, please comment below if you know!
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A new blunt-headed species of Hypostomus (Teleostei: Loricariidae) from the Rio Tocantins basin.
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Zawadzki, C.H., Penido, I.S., Pessali, T.C., Lucinda, P.H.F. (2024): A new blunt-headed species of Hypostomus (Teleostei: Loricariidae) from the Rio Tocantins basin. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, IEF-1194. pp. 1-10. Published 22 January 2024. DOI: https://doi.org/10.23788/IEF-1194
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A new species of Hypostomus with blunt head is described from the medium and upper portions of the Rio Tocantins basin in Central Brazil.
The new species inhabits rocky-bottom, small to large rivers of the Rio Tocantins basin and reaches moderate full size. The new species can be distinguished from all its congeners mainly by having teeth crowns with ellipsoidal medial cusp, deep and moderate body size, large eyes, absence of keels on lateral series of plates, large and faded dark blotches over a clearer body background, and by having a flap shaped median buccal papilla.
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The name minotauros comes from the Latinized Greek meaning Minotaur. The word comes from the Greek classical mythology being a man with a bull head, son of Pasiphae with the divine white bull of Poseidon (Ferry, 2014). The specific name is in allusion to the stout and blunt head of the new species. A noun in apposition.
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Hypostomus minotauros, holotype.
Copyright © 2024 the Author(s). Published in Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters journal.
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