A new species of Eigenmannia Jordan & Evermann (Gymnotiformes: Sternopygidae) from rio Tapajós, Brazil, with discussion on its species group and the myology within Eigenmanniinae

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 14; no. 8; p. e0220287
• Main Authors: Peixoto, Luiz Antônio Wanderley, Ohara, Willian M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 14-08-2019; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Animal Structures - anatomy & histology; Animals; Basins; Biology and Life Sciences; Bone and Bones - anatomy & histology; Brazil; Coloration; Computer and Information Sciences; Congeners; Eigenmannia; Evolution; Face - anatomy & histology; Fish; Gymnotiformes - anatomy & histology; Gymnotiformes - classification; Gymnotiformes - growth & development; Lateral line; Medicine and Health Sciences; Mouth - anatomy & histology; New species; Petitions; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; Physical characteristics; Species Specificity; Spine; Taxonomy; Teeth; Tomography; Vertebrae; Brazil
• ISSN: 1932-6203; 1932-6203
• DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0220287

A new species of Eigenmannia is described from the rio Mutum, tributary of upper rio Juruena, rio Tapajós basin, Comodoro, Mato Grosso, Brazil. The new species is distinguished from all congeners by coloration pattern, position of the mouth, number of scales rows above lateral line, number of premaxillary and dentary teeth, number of precaudal vertebrae, orbital diameter, mouth width, relative depth of posterodorsal expansion on infraorbitals 1+2 and relative size of coronomeckelian bone. Comments on potentially useful characters in phylogenetic studies derived from musculature, discussion on Eigenmannia species-group and the first dichotomous key for Eigenmannia are provided.