First record of the driftwood catfish Spinipterus acsi Akama & Ferraris, 2011 (Siluriformes, Auchenipteridae) for Brazil, Juruá River, Amazon basin

By

Calegari, Bárbara B.
Akama, Alberto
Reis, Roberto E

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018-8-31

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

14

Series / Issue

Issue: 4

Pages

693--697

Subjects

Biodiversity , Neotropics , Ostariophysi , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/14.4.693

 

Abstract

Spinipterus Akama & Ferraris, 2011 is a monotypic genus known only by the holotype of its single species S. acsi, described from a creek tributary to the Nanay River, in the Peruvian portion of the Amazon basin. A second specimen of this genus and species representing the first record of occurrence in Brazil is reported from the Juruá River, upper Amazon basin, Amazonas state.