Bujurquina pardus Arbour, Barriga Salazar & López-Fernández, 2014
28-juin-2014 — The 18th species of Bujurquina described
Par Juan Miguel Artigas Azas
A new species of Bujurquina from Ecuador, B. pardus, 18th in the genus and known only from a single remote locality at 220 meters over sea level in the Río Danta in the western Amazon drainage has been recently described in the journal Copeia by Jessica Arbour, Ramiro E. Barriga Salazar and Hernán López-Fernández. The new species is distinguished from all other species of Bujurquina by a pattern of small dark spots arranged in rows along its flanks, whitish hyaline dorsal-fin lappet margins, and a lateral band which reaches the dorsal edge of the caudal peduncle. The new species is closely related to Bujurquina huallagae, also found in the same upper part of the Amazon. The name pardus, meaning leopard in ancient Greek, has been given in reference to the pattern of dark blackish/brown flank spots.
Arbour, Jessica H & R.E. Barriga Salazar, H. López-Fernández. 2014. "A New Species of Bujurquina (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from the Río Danta, Ecuador, with a Key to the Species in the Genus". Copeia. 2014(1):79-86. DOI: 10.1643/CI-13-028 (crc06195) (résumé)