New species: Pseudohemiodon unillano

[Jools]

Rojas-Molina, Yecid Andrey, Provenzano-Rizzi, Francisco, & Ramírez-Gil, Hernando. (2019). A new species of whiptail armored catfish, genus Pseudohemiodon (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Orinoco River basin, Llanos region of Colombia and Venezuela. Neotropical Ichthyology, 17(2), e180160. Epub July 18, 2019.https://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-20180160

ABSTRACT

A new species of whiptail armored catfish belonging to the genus Pseudohemiodon is described. The new species inhabits aquatic systems of the Orinoco River basin, mostly in the Llanos region of Colombia and Venezuela. Previously, it had identified as P. laticeps erroneously. The genus Pseudohemiodon includes seven known species inhabit Amazon and Paraná-Paraguay-Uruguay rivers basins. The new species is distinguished from congeners by the combination of the following characters: abdomen totally covered; area in front of gill opening without plates, ventrally; dorsal body color pattern without transversal dark bands, mostly in the caudal peduncle; head with straight sides; head and caudal peduncle narrower.

Keywords: Diversity; Freshwater fishes; South America; Systematic; Taxonomy

[Jools]

@Shane, ever find these?

Cheers,


Jools

[Erlend D Bertelsen]

Collected in Rio Meta close to the city of Villavicencio. I was not lucky enough yo collect it, but a fishermen collected it some days after we left!

[Jools]

Very nice, may we use the pic? Also, did you get a picture of the belly? The plates on the underside of this species is a key feature.

Cheers,

Jools