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Integrative taxonomy reveals two new cryptic species of Hyphessobrycon Durbin, 1908 (Teleostei: Characidae) from the Maracaçumé and middle Tocantins River basins, Eastern Amazon region
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- 1. Universidade Federal do Maranhṳo, Programa de Pós-Graduaçṳo em Biodiversidade e Biotecnologia da Amazônia Legal. Av. dos Portugueses 1966, Cidade Universitária do Bacanga, CEP 65080-805, Sṳo Luís, MA, Brazil.Universidade Federal do Maranhṳo, Departamento de Biologia, Laboratório de Genética e Biologia Molecular, Av. dos Portugueses 1966, Cidade Universitária do Bacanga, CEP 65080-805, Sṳo Luís, MA, Brazil.Universidade Federal do Maranhṳo, Laboratório de Sistemática e Ecologia de Organismos Aquáticos, Centro de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais, Centro de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais (CCAA), campus de Chapadinha, BR-222, KM 04, S/N, Boa Vista, CEP 65500-000, Chapadinha, MA, Brazil.
- 2. South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Private Bag 1015, Grahamstown, 6140, South Africa.
- 3. Universidade Federal do Maranhṳo, Programa de Pós-Graduaçṳo em Biodiversidade e Biotecnologia da Amazônia Legal. Av. dos Portugueses 1966, Cidade Universitária do Bacanga, CEP 65080-805, Sṳo Luís, MA, Brazil.Universidade Estadual do Maranhṳo, Laboratório de Ictiofauna e Piscicultura Integrada, Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Campus Paulo VI, avenida Lourenço Vieira da Silva, n. 1000, bairro Jardim Sṳo Cristóvṳo, CEP 65055-310, Sṳo Luís, MA, Brazil.
- 4. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Laboratório de Sistemática e Evoluçṳo de Peixes Teleósteos, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Cidade Universitária, CEP 21941-599. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
- 5. Universidade Federal do Maranhṳo, Departamento de Biologia, Laboratório de Genética e Biologia Molecular, Av. dos Portugueses 1966, Cidade Universitária do Bacanga, CEP 65080-805, Sṳo Luís, MA, Brazil.
- 6. Universidade Federal do Maranhṳo, Programa de Pós-Graduaçṳo em Biodiversidade e Biotecnologia da Amazônia Legal. Av. dos Portugueses 1966, Cidade Universitária do Bacanga, CEP 65080-805, Sṳo Luís, MA, Brazil.Universidade Federal do Maranhṳo, Laboratório de Sistemática e Ecologia de Organismos Aquáticos, Centro de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais, Centro de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais (CCAA), campus de Chapadinha, BR-222, KM 04, S/N, Boa Vista, CEP 65500-000, Chapadinha, MA, Brazil.
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Guimarães, Erick Cristofore, Brito, Pâmella Silva de, Bragança, Pedro Henrique Negreiros, Santos, Jadson Pinheiro, Katz, Axel Makay, Costa, Luis Fernando Carvalho, Ottoni, Felipe Polivanov (2020): Integrative taxonomy reveals two new cryptic species of Hyphessobrycon Durbin, 1908 (Teleostei: Characidae) from the Maracaçumé and middle Tocantins River basins, Eastern Amazon region. European Journal of Taxonomy 723: 77-107, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.723.1145
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