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Wallace's Pike Cichlid Gets a Name after 160 Years: A New Species of Cichlid Fish (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from the Upper Rio Negro in Brazil

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Author(s):
Kullander, Sven O. [1] ; Varella, Henrique R. [2]
Total Authors: 2
Affiliation:
[1] Swedish Museum Nat Hist, Dept Zool, SE-10405 Stockholm - Sweden
[2] Univ Sao Paulo, Museu Zool, Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 2
Document type: Journal article
Source: Copeia; v. 103, n. 3, p. 512-519, OCT 2015.
Web of Science Citations: 4
Abstract

A cichlid species first collected by Alfred Russell Wallace in the upper Rio Negro in 1852, lost during the transport to England but documented in drawings, is described as Crenicichla monicae on the basis of three specimens collected by the Swedish Amazonas Expedition 1923-1925. Crenicichla monicae is most similar to C. johanna, C. rosemariae, and one undescribed species which are characterized by cycloid scales, distinguishing them from other species of the genus in which most scales are ctenoid. Crenicihla monicae is recorded only from the lower Rio Uaupes and lower Rio Icana, tributaries of the upper Rio Negro, and is sympatric with the similar species C. johanna and C. lenticulata. It is distinguished from all other species of Crenicichla by the color pattern in females, with scattered dark spots on the upper half of the side and on the dorsal and caudal fins. Crenicichla monicae is a member of the C. lugubris species group, characterized by very small scales in a large number along the middle of the side (89-126 scales in E1 row), blunt snout, and particular ontogenetic transformation of color pattern. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 13/17056-9 - Analysis of type material and selection of informative characters for a morphological phylogenetic reconstruction of the species of Crenicichla Heckel and Teleocichla Kullander (Teleostei: Cichlidae)
Grantee:Henrique Rosa Varella
Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate
FAPESP's process: 11/14630-0 - Phylogenetic relationships of the species of Crenicichla and Teleocichla (Teleostei: Cichlidae)
Grantee:Henrique Rosa Varella
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate