Science News: Loricariidae - Pogonopoma obscurum
Posted: 29 Jul 2003, 12:44
Synopsis by Shane Linder
In this well written paper, Rodrigo Quevedo and Roberto Reis revise the genus Pogonopoma Regan, 1904 and expand it to include Pogonopomoides parahybae and the new species P. obscurum from the upper Rio Uruguai, southern Brazil. Also provided is a key for the identification of the Rhinelepis group of the subfamily Hypostominae and a key to the species of Pogonopoma. Photos of the new species and a distribution map for the genus are also provided.
Reference: Quevedo R. & R. E. Reis 2002. Pogonopoma obscurum: A New Species of Loricariid Catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Southern Brazil, with Comments on the Genus Pogonopoma. Copeia 2002(2): 402-410.
In this well written paper, Rodrigo Quevedo and Roberto Reis revise the genus Pogonopoma Regan, 1904 and expand it to include Pogonopomoides parahybae and the new species P. obscurum from the upper Rio Uruguai, southern Brazil. Also provided is a key for the identification of the Rhinelepis group of the subfamily Hypostominae and a key to the species of Pogonopoma. Photos of the new species and a distribution map for the genus are also provided.
Reference: Quevedo R. & R. E. Reis 2002. Pogonopoma obscurum: A New Species of Loricariid Catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Southern Brazil, with Comments on the Genus Pogonopoma. Copeia 2002(2): 402-410.