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Tab. 4 in Systematic assessment of the Leporinus desmotes species complex, with a description of two new species

  • 1. Oregon State University, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, 104 Nash Hall Corvallis, OR 97330
  • 2. Departamento de Biologia Animal e Vegetal, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, PR, Brazil

Description

Tab. 4. Meristic counts of Leporinus desmotes and L. jatuncochi summarized as ranges followed by the mean ± 1 standard deviation in parentheses. Single values in a cell indicate invariant counts among the examined specimens for a given species. *Represents data gathered from Ovchynnyk (1971).

L. desmotes (holotype)L. desmotesL. jatuncochi (holotype) *L. jatuncochi
Number of specimens624
Unbranched dorsal-fin raysiiiiIiii
Branched dorsal-fin rays10101010
Unbranched anal-fin raysiiiiIiii
Branched anal-fin rays8888-9 (8.3 ± 0.5)
Unbranched pectoral-fin raysiiIi
Branched pectoral-fin rays16161615-16 (15.9 ± 0.3)
Unbranched pelvic-fin raysii-i
Branched pelvic-fin rays99-9
Upper principal caudal-fin rays-10-10
Lower principal caudal-fin rays-9-9
Lateral lines scales to anterior margin of hypural plate-34-37 (36 ± 1.1)-32-36 (34.3 ± 0.9)
Scales over hypural plate-6-5-6 (5.9 ± 0.3)
Total lateral line scales4140-42 (40.8 ± 0.8)3938-42 (40.2 ± 0.9)
Upper transverse scales at dorsal-fin origin5655-6 (5.6 ± 0.5)
Lower transverse scales at pelvic-fin origin554.54-5 (4.6 ± 0.5)
Lower transverse scales at anal-fin origin-4-5 (4.7 ± 0.5)-4-5 (4.5 ± 0.5)
Circumpeduncular scales1614-16 (15.2 ± 1.0)1414
Predorsal scales1111-13 (12.7 ± 0.8)1112-14 (12.9 ± 0.64)
Dentary Teeth33-4 (3.7 ± 0.04)4*3
Premaxilla Teeth33-4 (3.7 ± 00.4)4*3
Vertebrae-38-38

Notes

Published as part of Burns, Michael D., Chatfield, Marcus, Birindelli, José L. O. & Sidlauskas, Brian L., 2017, Systematic assessment of the Leporinus desmotes species complex, with a description of two new species, pp. 5 in Neotropical Ichthyology 15 (2) on page 5, DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-20160166, http://zenodo.org/record/20632953

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References

  • Ovchynnyk MM. Unrecorded and new species of fishes from fresh waters of Ecuador. Zool Anz. 1971; 187 (1 - 2): 82 - 122.