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New species appears closely related to red eye tetra

October 22nd, 2015 — 2:05pm
MZUSP 117108, 67.9 mm SL, holotype of Moenkhausia lineomaculata, Brazil, Mato Grosso State, Campos de Júlio, rio Juruena, upper rio Tapajós basin. © Fernando C. P. Dagosta

MZUSP 117108, 67.9 mm SL, holotype of Moenkhausia lineomaculata, Brazil, Mato Grosso State, Campos de Júlio, rio Juruena, upper rio Tapajós basin. © Fernando C. P. Dagosta

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New pike cichlid from the rio Xingu

October 1st, 2015 — 2:49pm
Crenicichla anamiri, holotype, male, INPA 46650, 42.9 mm SL, Itapuama, below confluence with rio Iriri, State of Pará, rio Xingu (above); paratype, female, INPA 46651, 43.3 mm SL, same locality of holotype (below). © Douglas Bastos

Crenicichla anamiri, holotype, male, INPA 46650, 42.9 mm SL, Itapuama, below confluence with rio Iriri, State of Pará, rio Xingu (above); paratype, female, INPA 46651, 43.3 mm SL, same locality of holotype (below). © Douglas Bastos

The dwarf pike cichlid known to aquarium hobbyists as Crenicichla sp. cf. regani ‘Xingu’ for more than two decades is described as C. anamiri Ito & Rapp Py-Daniel 2015 in the latest issue of the journal ‘Neotropical Ichthyology’.

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