A new species of Hoplias malabaricus species complex (Characiformes, Erythrinidae) from Northeastern Brazil

By

Abreu, João Marcelo S.
Silva Pedroza, Wellington
Oyakawa, Osvaldo T.
De Araújo Melo, Solange
Tchaicka, Ligia
Piorski, Nivaldo Magalhães

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025-6-4

Original Publication

Evolutionary systematics

Volume

9

Series / Issue

Issue: 1

Pages

135--143

Subjects

biodiversidade , Biodiversity , freshwater fish , Maranhão , Neotropical , peixe de água doce , Trahira , Traíra

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Hamburg Centrum für Naturkunde (CeNak) 2017-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.9.153695

 

Abstract

A new species of Hoplias malabaricus species complex is herein described from the Munim River Basin, Maranhão state, Northeastern of Brazil. Hoplias cazumba differs from its congeners by the following combination of characters: 19–22 scales around caudal peduncle, 40–42 lateral-line scales, 39–41 vertebrae, 11–13 dorsal-fin rays and, always 15 caudal-fin rays.