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26 June 2018 Platydoras birindellii, new species of striped raphael catfish (Siluriformes: Doradidae) from the Xingu Basin, Brazil
Leandro M. Sousa, Mateus S. Chaves, Alberto Akama, Jansen Zuanon, Mark Henry Sabaj
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Abstract

A new species of Platydoras is described from the rio Xingu Basin, Brazil. Platydoras birindellii is distinguished from congeners by having gas bladder simple (vs. with posterior secondary chamber) and dorsal and caudal fins uniformly dusky (vs. with distinct marks composed of dark broad band or blotch on central portion of dorsal fin and pair of dark broad stripes on caudal fin, one central to each lobe). Platydoras birindellii shares a simple gas bladder with the sister taxon to Platydoras,Centrochir crocodili, a monotypic genus endemic to the Magdalena Basin. With respect to the caudal skeleton, the parhypural is incompletely fused to hypurals 1+2 in P. birindellii, a condition that is intermediate between those of Centrochir (parhypural typically separated from hypurals 1+2 by distinct suture) and Platydoras (parhypural typically fully fused to hypurals 1+2). Platydoras birindellii is commonly found in rocky clearwater rapids and apparently endemic to the middle and upper portions of the Xingu draining the Brazilian Shield.

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Leandro M. Sousa, Mateus S. Chaves, Alberto Akama, Jansen Zuanon, and Mark Henry Sabaj "Platydoras birindellii, new species of striped raphael catfish (Siluriformes: Doradidae) from the Xingu Basin, Brazil," Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 166(1), 1-13, (26 June 2018). https://doi.org/10.1635/053.166.0106
Received: 13 November 2016; Accepted: 27 March 2018; Published: 26 June 2018
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Amazon Basin
caudal skeleton
gas bladder morphology
taxonomy
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