Hypostomus chrysostiktos, a new species of armored catfish
(Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from rio Paraguaçu, Bahia State, Brazil
Neotropical Ichthyology, 5(3):271-278, 2007
Hypostomus chrysostiktos, a new species of armored catfish of the family Loricariidae, is described. The most remarkable
characteristic of the new species, which allows its prompt diagnosis from congeners, is the high number of branched rays in the
dorsal fin (10-11). In addition, the new species can be diagnosed from the remaining Loricariidae by the combination of the
following characters: slightly evertible cheek plates, four branched anal-fin rays, naked abdomen, and snout almost completely
plated. The characters states shared by H. chrysostiktos and the tribe Hypostomini, which indicates it as belonging to that
group, are: a hatched-shaped opercle, the anterior process of the pterotic-supracleitrum passing halfway the orbit, a pointed
post-cleithral process, and slightly evertible cheek plates. The description of this armored catfish provides more evidence for
the high level of endemism in the ichthyofauna of rio Paraguaçu basin, a coastal river of northeastern Brazil.
(Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from rio Paraguaçu, Bahia State, Brazil
Neotropical Ichthyology, 5(3):271-278, 2007
Hypostomus chrysostiktos, a new species of armored catfish of the family Loricariidae, is described. The most remarkable
characteristic of the new species, which allows its prompt diagnosis from congeners, is the high number of branched rays in the
dorsal fin (10-11). In addition, the new species can be diagnosed from the remaining Loricariidae by the combination of the
following characters: slightly evertible cheek plates, four branched anal-fin rays, naked abdomen, and snout almost completely
plated. The characters states shared by H. chrysostiktos and the tribe Hypostomini, which indicates it as belonging to that
group, are: a hatched-shaped opercle, the anterior process of the pterotic-supracleitrum passing halfway the orbit, a pointed
post-cleithral process, and slightly evertible cheek plates. The description of this armored catfish provides more evidence for
the high level of endemism in the ichthyofauna of rio Paraguaçu basin, a coastal river of northeastern Brazil.
