Geophagus pyrineusi: a new species from the rio Teles Pires, rio Tapajós basin, Brazil (Cichliformes: Cichlidae: Geophagini)

By Deprá, Gabriel de Carvalho, Willian Massaharu Ohara, Hugmar Pains Silva

Zootaxa, 5162 (1): 037–053 05-Jul-2022. DOI: 10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5162.1.2


" Geophagus pyrineusi, new species, is described from the rio Teles Pires drainage, rio Tapajós basin, Brazil. The new species can be diagnosed from the majority of the congeners by presenting a complete infraorbital bar. Additionally, it differs from all other congeners by several coloration-related character states: flank bars 5 and 6–7 as dark as the infraorbital bar, and almost as dark as the mid-lateral spot; retention of dorsal melanophoric patch 6 as a distinct mark (not connected to any lateral melanophoric patch), and almost as dark as the mid-lateral spot in adults; retention of lateral melanophoric patch 1p and almost complete absence of dorsal- and caudal-fin color patterns in adults, among other characters "

Classification: Taxonomy and phylogeny, South America.

Language: English

Deprá, Gabriel de Carvalho & Willian Massaharu Ohara, Hugmar Pains Silva. 2022. "Geophagus pyrineusi: a new species from the rio Teles Pires, rio Tapajós basin, Brazil (Cichliformes: Cichlidae: Geophagini)". Zootaxa. 5162 (1): 037–053. DOI: 10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5162.1.2 (crc11972) (abstract)