
Nevertheless, microstructural differences were detected by C-banding, fluorochrome staining and chromosomal digestion with restriction enzymes (Alu I, Bam HI, Hae III, and Dde I). Both populations shared 2n = 76 chromosomes, a karyotype formula of 10m+18sm+48st/a (FN = 104) and single terminal GC-rich NORs on the second metacentric pair. wuchereri (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from two basins in Bahia (northeastern Brazil) were cytogenetically analyzed. In the present work, allopatric populations of Hypostomus cf. This is particularly true for Loricariidae, the most diverse family of armored catfishes. Such finding also highlights how the megadiverse Brazilian freshwater ichthyofauna still needs efforts and investments to identify and describe new taxa.įew chromosomal reports are available for the endemic fish fauna from coastal basins in northeastern Brazil, and regional biodiversity remains partially or completely unknown. The discovery of a new species in an underwater tourist point relatively near a large urban center underscores that even fish species daily observed by hundreds of people in limpid waters may lack a formal taxonomic identity. Comments on different patterns of coloration among dark-striped species of Astyanax are also provided. Therefore, a discussion on its generic allocation is presented.
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Although the new species is described in Astyanax, some specimens present an incomplete or a discontinuous series of perforated scales in the lateral line. The new taxon can be distinguished from its congeners by having a well-defined dark midlateral stripe on body extending from the posterior margin of the opercle to the base of middle caudal-fin rays and a single vertical elongate humeral blotch. These data reinforce the intricate scenario of this group of Neotropical fish and are useful to outline further phylogeographic studies in Hypostomus.Ī new species of Astyanax is described from the rio Salobra, tributary of rio Cuiabá, rio Paraguai basin. In general, lineages with independent evolutionary histories were revealed within the same ecoregion alongside genetically related groups between NMA, SF, and other ecoregions. Moreover, multilocus analyses validated 16 formally described species and two new lineages for the NMA and SF ecoregions, as well as putative cases of species complexes. Seven genetic groups were found for both ecoregions, in addition to one lineage exclusive to the SF represented by populations of the species Hypostomus velhochico. In this study, we performed a broad sampling of Hypostomus in NMA and SF to investigate the interspecific boundaries and phylogenetic relationships using a multilocus approach based on one mitochondrial and three nuclear markers. In addition, species from regions with high levels of species richness and endemism such as the Northeastern Mata Atlântica (NMA) and São Francisco (SF) hydrographic freshwater ecoregions are underrepresented in phylogenetic studies so far. Hypostomus Lacépède, 1803, is a species-rich and widespread fish genus from the Neotropical region, but its evolutionary history and systematics remain largely unclear. chrysostiktos as Pterygoplichthys chrysostiktos and a thorough systematic review of Pterygoplichthys, particularly focusing on putative convergence traits in relation to Hypostomus. Therefore, we recommend the reallocation of H. chrysostiktos was herein more closely related to Pterygoplichthys, being invariably recovered as a highly distinctive taxonomic unit than to Hypostomus. jaguar revealed a close evolutionary relationship similar to those observed within Hypostomus from other basins, H. The current taxonomic status of these catfishes is challenged. unae from Northeastern Mata Atlântica in northeastern Brazil based on meristic characters, geometric morphometrics, chromosomal data, DNA barcode and species delimitation algorithms. Here, we analyzed three endemic species Hypostomus chrysostiktos, H. This tribe encompasses the genera Hypostomus and Pterygoplichthys, but the actual number of species in each genus and the intergeneric interrelationships are confusing or unknown for some ecoregions in the Neotropics. Integrative approaches are particularly useful to resolve taxonomic uncertainties in species-rich groups that have undergone explosive radiation, such as Hypostomini (suckermouth armored catfishes).
