New Pseudacanthicus

[Silurus]

Chamon, CC, 2015. Pseudacanthicus pitanga: a new species of Ancistrini (Siluriformes: Loricariidae: Hypostominae) from rio Tocantins Basin, North Brazil. Zootaxa 3973: 309–320.

Abstract

The genus Pseudacanthicus comprises five valid species distributed in the Amazon, Guyana and Suriname basins: P. serratus, P. fordii, P. histrix, P. spinosus and P. leopardus. A new species of Pseudacanthicus from the Tocantins river basin is described. The new species is distinguished from its congeners by the following combination of characters: presence of dark blotches anostomosing to form continuous zigzag bands alongside longitudinal keels; absence of blotches on ventral surface of body; faint blotches on head; all fins with orange to red color on unbranched ray and sometimes on subsequent branched rays; and sphenotic and sixth infraorbital not in contact. Brief comments on the phylogeny of the genus, ornamental fisheries activities, threats and conservation of the new species are also provided.

[Silurus]

It seems L024 now has a name.

[Jools]

A copy if possible HH, I can only seem to find the abstract openly online.

Jools
PS Thanks for the rename / update.

[Silurus]

You're very welcome. The pdf should be sitting in your inbox now.

[Jools]

Thanks. It is great to read an unbiased view of the ins and outs of the ornamental fish trade, conservation and so forth in the paper. However, the paper also states this species has been bred by "many" aquarists. I must of missed this, is anyone aware of spawning reports anywhere?

Cheers,

Jools

[Silurus]

Well, there this old forum post.

[Jools]

Well, there this old forum post.

Thanks HH, it's been bred, but my contention was with the statement

Pseudacanthicus pitanga

has been bred many times. I guess it's up to the aquarist community to live up to that!

Jools

[Acanthicus]

Hi Jools,

I think she is refering to "other ornamental species" and speaking in general about the genus in this case. I only know of four times, P. pitanga has been bred.

Great paper, I especially like the second part of the discussion where she talks about the real threats of this and other species.

[matthewfaulkner]

Can I have a copy, please? [edit] Thank you!

[Mol_PMB]

I'd like a copy too, please, if possible. That journal doesn't seem to be in our subscriptions.
I'd like to learn more about my favourite fish now that it has been properly described.

[husky_jim]

Great news!

May i also have a copy please?Thanks!

[Silurus]

Jools may have your email addresses, but I don't. So I won't be the one sending.

[Borbi]

May I have a copy of this one, please?
[edit]Thanks Daniel![\edit]

[Jools]

To help out, if anyone wants a PDF please email me via webmaster at planetcatfish dot com.

Cheers

Jools

[racoll]

This emailing of PDFs is ridiculous. It's okay to post a request on a public forum to have a research paper sent to you privately, but it's not okay to put that paper up on a public server? I fail to see any difference whatsoever.

Science desperately needs to get its act together and understand the real world. Biodiversity data is far too important for this nonsense.

(P.S. sorry to hijack the thread, but this makes me so angry).

[Suckermouth]

I'd appreciate a copy as well, thanks!

EDIT: Got it, thanks!

[bekateen]

This emailing of PDFs is ridiculous. It's okay to post a request on a public forum to have a research paper sent to you privately, but it's not okay to put that paper up on a public server? I fail to see any difference whatsoever.

Science desperately needs to get its act together and understand the real world. Biodiversity data is far too important for this nonsense.

(P.S. sorry to hijack the thread, but this makes me so angry).

Agreed