Published January 8, 2021 | Version v1
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Microcharacidium Buckup 1993

  • 1. Laboratório de Ictiologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Avenida Bento Gonçalves, 9500, 91501 - 970, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Description

Key to the species of Microcharacidium

1. Circumpeduncular scales 14; total dorsal-fin rays 12; 7–11 lateral line perforated scales........................ M. gnomus

1 ' . Circumpeduncular scales 12 or 10; total dorsal-fin rays 11 or fewer; usually fewer than 7 perforated lateral line scales...... 2

2. Circumpeduncular scales 12; 7 dark bars................................................................ M. bombioides

2 ' . Circumpeduncular scales 10; 8 or more dark bars; precaudal vertebrae 16–17......................................... 3

3. Conical teeth; 1 suborbital bar; 20–25 scales in lateral line longitudinal series............................. M. weitzmani

3 ' . Tricuspid teeth; 2 suborbital bars; 11–12 ectopterygoid teeth; 27–32 scales in lateral line longitudinal series..... M. eleotrioides

Notes

Published as part of Vieira, L. S. & Netto-Ferreira, A. L., 2021, A new species of Microcharacidium (Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from the Central Amazon, Brazil, pp. 57-61 in Can. J. Zool 99 on page 61, DOI: 10.1139/cjz-2020-0138, http://zenodo.org/record/7814387

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Biodiversity

Family
Crenuchidae
Genus
Microcharacidium
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Characiformes
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Buckup
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Microcharacidium Buckup, 1993 sec. Vieira & Netto-Ferreira, 2021