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Corresponding author: Fábio F. Roxo ( roxoff@hotmail.com.br ) Academic editor: Nina Bogutskaya
© 2015 Gabriel S. C. Silva, Fábio F. Roxo, Claudio Oliveira.
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Silva GSC, Roxo FF, Oliveira C (2015) Two new species of Pseudancistrus (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) from the Amazon basin, northern Brazil. ZooKeys 482: 21-34. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.482.6909
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Two new species of Pseudancistrus, a genus diagnosed by non-evertible cheek plates and hypertrophied odontodes along the snout margin, are described from two drainages of the Brazilian Shield: P. kayabi from the rio Teles Pires (rio Tapajós basin) and P. asurini from the rio Xingu. The new species are distinguished from congeners (P. barbatus, P. corantijniensis, P. depressus, P. nigrescens, P. reus, and P. zawadzkii) by the coloration pattern. Pseudancistrus kayabi has dark bars on the dorsal and caudal fins which are similar to that of P. reus from the Caroní River, Venezuela. Pseudancistrus asurini is unique among Pseudancistrus in having whitish tips of the dorsal and caudal fins in juveniles to medium-sized adults.
Ancistrini , Neotropical fish, freshwater, Brazilian Shield, taxonomy
With 892 species, the suckermouth armoured catfish family Loricariidae is the fifth most species-rich family of vertebrates and one of the most species-rich groups among Neotropical fishes (
Pseudancistrus Bleeker, 1862 was known to contain 15 valid species (
Recently, an examination of the fish collections at the LBP (Laboratório de Biologia e Genética de Peixes de Botucatu) and MZUSP (Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo) revealed the existence of two undescribed species of Pseudancistrus from the rio Xingu (the first species of Pseudancistrus for this basin) and the rio Teles Pires (the second species of Pseudancistrus for rio Tapajós basin), both of which are tributaries of the Amazon basin draining the Brazilian Shield. In the present paper these two new species are described.
After capture, fishes were anesthetized using 1% benzocaine in water, fixed in 10% formaldehyde, and preserved in 70% ethanol. Vouchers and tissues were deposited in the collection of AUM (Auburn University Natural History Museum, Auburn, USA), LBP (Laboratório de Biologia e Genética de Peixes, Botucatu, Brazil), and MZUSP (Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil). Measurements and counts were taken from the left side. Body plate follows
MZUSP 116322, male, 88.4 mm SL. Brazil: Mato Grosso State: municipality of Itaúba: rio Teles Pires (Tapajós River basin), 10°58'30"S, 55°44'03"W, 01 October 2007, JLO Birindelli, P Hollanda-Carvalho.
All from Brazil: Mato Grosso State: rio Teles Pires (Tapajós River basin): Amazon basin. AUM 65641 2, 74.5−80.3 mm SL, municipality of Itaúba, 11°03'44"S, 55°19'08"W, 26 September 2007, JLO Birindelli, P Hollanda-Carvalho. LBP 19552, 2, 79.1−87.1 mm SL, municipality of Itaúba, 11°03'44"S, 55°19'08"W, 26 September 2007, JLO Birindelli, P Hollanda-Carvalho. MZUSP 95851, 1, 60.9 mm SL, collected with holotype. MZUSP 95912, 54, 27.1−86.5 mm SL, municipality of Itaúba, 11°03'44"S, 55°19'08"W, 26 September 2007, JLO Birindelli, P Hollanda-Carvalho. MZUSP 96157, 34, 29.5−85.8 mm SL, municipality of Paranaíta, 09°26'58"S, 56°29'19"W, 28 September 2007, LMS Souza, AL Netto-Ferreira.
Pseudancistrus kayabi differs from all congeners except P. reus by having caudal and dorsal fins with dark bars (vs. with white spots in caudal and dorsal fins). Also, the new species differs from all Pseudancistrus except P. nigrescens by having a dark brown body with whitish spots that fade along the posterior portion of the dorsal fin and forming mottled pattern (vs. either dark brown with conspicuous rounded spots not covering more than one plate in P. barbatus, P. corantijniensis, P. depressus, P. asurini, and P. zawadzkii or with dark brown bars in P. reus). It further differs from P. barbatus and P. depressus by having the snout with yellowish hypertrophied odontodes (vs. reddish-brown odontodes) (see Fig.
Morphometric data is presented in Table
Body almost entirely covered with plates except on ventral portions of head, abdomen, and dorsal-fin base. Five lateral rows of dermal plates, dorsal plates 21−22, lateral mid-dorsal plates 21−22, lateral median plates 22−23, lateral mid-ventral plates 21−22, lateral ventral plates 19−20. Three predorsal plates; eight plates below dorsal-fin base; four plates between dorsal fin and adipose fin; five rows of plates on caudal peduncle. Dorsal spinelet present.
Morphometric data for Pseudancistrus kayabi and P. asurini. SD = standard deviation.
Pseudancistrus kayabi n = 21 | Pseudancistrus asurini n = 21 | |||||||
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Holotype | Range | Mean | SD | Holotype | Range | Mean | SD | |
SL | 88.4 | 61.5−87.7 | 78.5 | 7.2 | 195.8 | 195.8−45.9 | 85.9 | 37.9 |
Percentage of SL | ||||||||
Predorsal length | 42.7 | 39.4−48.5 | 43.8 | 1.9 | 39.5 | 39.1−42.7 | 40.9 | 1.2 |
Head length | 34.6 | 30.2−40.2 | 34.9 | 1.9 | 33.6 | 31.9−35.8 | 33.9 | 0.9 |
Head-dorsal length | 8.0 | 7.1−11.0 | 9.3 | 1.0 | 7.5 | 5.3−8.2 | 6.9 | 0.7 |
Cleithral width | 33.4 | 31.2−38.6 | 33.5 | 1.7 | 35.8 | 30.9−35.8 | 32.8 | 1.4 |
Head-pectoral length | 29.1 | 24.5−33.6 | 29.6 | 2.0 | 31.7 | 21.9−31.7 | 28.3 | 1.8 |
Thorax length | 22.8 | 19.6−25.6 | 22.2 | 1.6 | 20.1 | 20.1−25.5 | 22.7 | 1.5 |
Pectoral spine length | 30.0 | 22.3−29.7 | 27.7 | 1.7 | 36.2 | 27.8−36.7 | 31.6 | 2.5 |
Abdominal length | 24.2 | 20.3−30.4 | 24.3 | 2.2 | 20.5 | 20.5−26.0 | 23.9 | 1.4 |
Pelvic spine length | 25.9 | 20.3−29.8 | 23.7 | 2.0 | 27.0 | 23.8−27.4 | 25.9 | 1.0 |
Postanal length | 32.3 | 25.9−35.9 | 31.3 | 2.5 | 29.2 | 29.2−35.3 | 32.8 | 1.6 |
Anal-fin spine length | 9.6 | 5.4−12.9 | 10.1 | 1.7 | 16.6 | 7.8−16.6 | 10.1 | 1.9 |
Dorsal-pectoral depth | 26.4 | 20.2−29.4 | 25.9 | 1.9 | 24.0 | 23.3−26.5 | 24.8 | 0.9 |
Dorsal spine length | 24.3 | 17.7−29.2 | 23.0 | 2.1 | 22.5 | 22.5−32.7 | 20.0 | 2.2 |
Dorsal-pelvic depth | 22.4 | 15.2−26.7 | 21.2 | 2.3 | 19.3 | 17.2−26.5 | 20.1 | 2.0 |
Dorsal-fin base length | 28.1 | 20.4−28.1 | 26.0 | 1.7 | 29.9 | 24.9−30.6 | 27.4 | 1.6 |
Dorsal-adipose distance | 14.3 | 9.0−14.3 | 12.0 | 1.9 | 13.3 | 13.1−17.4 | 15.4 | 1.2 |
Adipose-spine length | 10.1 | 6.3−16.9 | 9.1 | 2.4 | 8.6 | 7.7−10.3 | 8.6 | 0.6 |
Dorsal adipose-caudal distance | 16.0 | 13.4−22.0 | 16.3 | 2.3 | 12.1 | 12.1−16.5 | 15.0 | 1.0 |
Caudal peduncle depth | 11.3 | 10.0−16.7 | 11.0 | 1.5 | 10.6 | 9.1−11.0 | 10.2 | 0.5 |
Ventral adipose-caudal distance | 22.6 | 20.3−25.6 | 22.2 | 1.2 | 19.5 | 19.5−22.9 | 21.3 | 1.0 |
Adipose-anal distance | 18.9 | 16.9−24.8 | 19.6 | 1.9 | 18.8 | 16.9−19.9 | 18.8 | 0.8 |
Dorsal-anal distance | 33.1 | 29.3−35.4 | 32.8 | 1.4 | 12.6 | 12.1−19.1 | 13.3 | 1.5 |
Pelvic-dorsal distance | 27.6 | 17.4−27.6 | 21.1 | 1.8 | 28.2 | 18.3−29.4 | 25.7 | 2.7 |
Percentage of HL | ||||||||
Head-eye length | 26.4 | 25.8−31.4 | 28.8 | 1.5 | 27.7 | 25.9−33.1 | 29.2 | 1.8 |
Orbital diameter | 13.8 | 12.7−20.3 | 15.5 | 1.7 | 13.1 | 13.1−19.9 | 16.8 | 1.7 |
Snout length | 67.4 | 62.3−69.3 | 65.4 | 1.6 | 69.5 | 56.6−72.4 | 62.2 | 4.5 |
Internares width | 14.8 | 13.2−18.7 | 15.8 | 1.3 | 15.5 | 11.9−16.3 | 14.5 | 1.2 |
Minimal interorbital distance | 30.6 | 27.4−35.7 | 29.1 | 1.9 | 31.9 | 24.0−32.6 | 28.2 | 2.4 |
Mouth length | 48.8 | 48.8−62.3 | 57.5 | 2.5 | 49.7 | 39.8−51.9 | 45.9 | 3.5 |
Barbel length | 10.9 | 4.2−10.9 | 8.0 | 1.6 | 5.5 | 4.6−8.7 | 7.2 | 1.3 |
Dentary tooth cup length | 20.8 | 15.4−24.6 | 20.5 | 2.6 | 20.1 | 16.1−22.4 | 19.8 | 1.7 |
Premaxillary tooth cup length | 19.5 | 16.5−25.6 | 19.5 | 2.2 | 18.1 | 17.8−24.3 | 20.5 | 1.9 |
Head depth | 64.2 | 59.7−65.7 | 62.4 | 1.8 | 64.3 | 56.6−66.2 | 62.6 | 2.4 |
Body plates and cleithrum with minute odontodes. Odontodes slightly hypertrophied on pectoral-fin spines, gradually larger towards tips. Numerous yellowish hypertrophied odontodes along lateral margins of head including snout; odontodes small on tip of snout increasing gradually in length from anterolateral margin of snout to cheeks; longest odontodes on posteriormost portion of non-evertible cheek plates. Eye small (orbital diameter 13−20% HL), dorsolaterally positioned. Oral disk transversely ellipsoid. Lower lip not reaching transverse line between gill openings. Lower lip covered with numerous small papillae. Maxillary barbel developed. Mouth relatively large. Premaxillary teeth 33−70 per ramus; dentary teeth 39−74 per ramus. Teeth bifid, medial cusp large and rounded, lateral cusp minute and rounded. Jaws wide, dentaries forming oblique angle, premaxillaries almost co-linear.
Dorsal fin I,7, origin approximately at midpoint between pectoral- and pelvic-fin origins, last dorsal-fin ray reaching adipose fin when depressed. Pectoral fin I,6, spine tip slightly curved inward, covered with enlarged odontodes distally; depressed tip reaching one-third length of pelvic-fin spine. Pelvic fin I,5, spine tip curved inward, almost reaching anal-fin origin when depressed. Anal fin I,5, spine tip straight, reaching sixth plate posterior to its origin. Caudal fin I,7-7I, distal margin concave, inferior lobe longer than superior. Adipose fin with straight spine, preceded by single median preadipose plate.
Ground color dark brown on back and sides of body, and lighter brown ventrally. Anterior portion of head to posterior margin of orbits with many small, crowded, white spots; spots getting abruptly larger on posterior portion of head, continuing on body, fading along posterior portion of dorsal fin and forming mottled pattern. Dorsal-fin spine rays and membranes with 6−7 dark bars. Pectoral, pelvic, anal with 4−5 dark bars and caudal-fin with four dark bars. Hypertrophied odontodes along head margin yellowish.
Males possess a papilla posterior to urogenital opening, an attribute absent in females. Both sexes in P. kayabi exhibit highly hypertrophied odontodes along snout margin, as well as in other species of Pseudancistrus (
The specific name “kayabi” is a reference to the Kayabi indigenous people that inhabited the region of the rivers Arinos, dos Peixes and Teles Pires, in Mato Grosso State, Brazil. A noun in apposition.
Pseudancistrus kayabi is known from the rio Teles Pires, rio Tapajós basin, municipality of Itaúba and Paranaíta, Mato Grosso State, Brazil (Fig.
Pseudancistrus sp. L17:
Pseudancistrus sp. L67:
MZUSP 116323, male, 195.8 mm SL. Brazil: Pará State: municipality of Altamira: rio Xingu (Amazon basin), Cachoeira do Espelho, 03°39'05"S, 52°22'42"W, 18 November 2011, OT Oyakawa, JLO Birindelli, C Moreira, A Akama, LMS Souza.
All from Brazil: Pará State: municipality of Altamira: Amazon basin. AUM 65640, 2, 79.1−82.9 mm SL, rio Xingu, Cachoeira da Mucucura, 03°24'31"S, 51°44'40"W, 09 November 2011, OT Oyakawa, JLO Birindelli, C Moreira, LMS Souza. LBP 16551, 2, 75.6−101.4 mm SL, rio Xingu, 03°15'24"S, 52°05'47"W, 28 September 2012, C Oliveira, R Britzke, LMS Sousa. MZUSP 107174, 4, 45.9−123.4 mm SL, rio Xingu, Cachoeira de Mucura, 03°24'51"S, 51°44'23"W, ECIX team. MZUSP 107179, 2, 62.3−68.7 mm SL, rio Xingu, Cachoeira do Mucura, 03°24'51"S, 51°44'23"W, 07 July 2010, ECIX team. MZUSP 107435, 3, 74.6−105 mm SL, rio Xingu, 03°10'40"S, 51°36'58"W, 26 September 2007, FCT Lima, AK Zeinad. MZUSP 111285, 2, 84.4−106.6 mm SL, rio Iriri (trib. rio Xingu) Cachoeira Grande, 03°50'37"S, 52°44'02"W, OT Oyakawa, JLO Birindelli, C Moreira, A Akama, LMS Souza. MZUSP 111441, 6, 49.5−152.3 mm SL, rio Xingu, Cachoeira da Mucucura, 03°24'31"S, 51°44'40"W, 09 November 2011, OT Oyakawa, JLO Birindelli, C Moreira, LMS Souza. MZUSP 111558, 1, 91.4 mm SL, collected with holotype.
The new species differs from all congeners by having the dorsal-and caudal-fin tips whitish (Fig.
Morphometric data is presented in Table
Body almost entirely covered with plates, except on ventral portions of head, abdomen, and dorsal-fin base. Five lateral rows of dermal plates, dorsal plates 21−22, lateral mid-dorsal plates 18−22, lateral median plates 22−23, lateral mid-ventral plates 23−24, lateral ventral plates 18−19. Three predorsal plates; seven plates below dorsal-fin base; four plates between dorsal fin and adipose fin; five rows of plates on caudal peduncle. Dorsal spinelet present.
Body plates and cleithrum with minute odontodes. Odontodes gradually getting larger towards tips on pectoral-fin spines. Numerous whitish hypertrophied odontodes along lateral margins of head including snout; homogenous in length excepting in anterior portion of snout where odontodes are smaller; longest odontodes on posteriormost portion of non-evertible cheek plates. Eye small (orbital diameter 13−10% HL), dorsolaterally positioned. Oral disk transversely ellipsoid. Lower lip not reaching transverse line between gill openings. Lower lip covered with numerous small papillae. Maxillary barbel poorly developed. Mouth relatively large. Premaxillary teeth 38−77 per ramus; dentary teeth 39−86 per ramus. Teeth bifid, medial cusp large and rounded, lateral cusp minute and rounded. Jaws wide, dentaries forming oblique angle, premaxillaries almost co-linear.
Dorsal fin II,7, origin approximately at midpoint between pectoral- and pelvic-fin origins, last dorsal-fin ray not reaching adipose-fin when depressed. Pectoral fin I,6, spine tip not curved inward; depressed tip reaching one-third length of pelvic-fin spine. Pelvic fin I,5, spine tip curved inward, almost reaching anal-fin origin when depressed. Anal-fin I,5, spine tip straight, reaching fifth plate posterior to its origin. Caudal fin I,7-7I, distal margin concave, inferior lobe longer than superior. Adipose fin with almost straight spine, preceded by single median preadipose plate.
Ground color dark brown on back and sides of body, and lighter brown ventrally. Anterior portion of head to posterior margin of orbits with many small, crowded, white spots; spots increasing slightly and gradually in size between snout to body. Dorsal plate series usually with two or three spots per plate in anterior portion of body and one spot on posterior portion of body. Mid-dorsal plates usually with two or three spots per plate. Lateral median plates with one or two spot per plate. Mid-ventral plates and ventral plates with two or three spots per plate. Dorsal-fin spine, rays and membranes with small round spots. Adipose fin with three small spots on spine and membrane. Pectoral, pelvic, anal and caudal fins with numerous and white spots of equal size. Dorsal and caudal fin tips whitish. Hypertrophied odontodes along head margin yellowish.
Similar to pattern described for alcohol individuals, but with ground color dark greenish-brown, and with yellow spots on body and on tips of dorsal and caudal fins.
Males possess a papilla posterior to urogenital opening, an attribute absent in females. Both sexes in P. asurini exhibit highly hypertrophied odontodes along snout margin, as well as in others species of Pseudancistrus (
The specific name “asurini” is a reference to the Asurini indigenous peoples who inhabit the right margin and median portions of rio Xingu, close to the municipality of Altamira in Pará State, Brazil. A noun in apposition.
Pseudancistrus asurini is known from the rio Xingu, municipality of Altamira, from the Xingu river basin, Pará State, Brazil (Fig.
The two new species, P. kayabi and P. asurini, are typical Pseudancistrus (sensu
The most conspicuous character used to distinguish the two new species from all other described Pseudancistrus is the coloration pattern. Pseudancistrus kayabi has a pattern of dark bars on dorsal and caudal fins (Fig.
Pseudancistrus asurini has whitish tabs on the dorsal- and caudal-fin tips (Fig.
Guyanancistrus brevispinis (Heitmans, Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1983): LBP 5253, 2, 58.5–83.8 mm SL, MZUSP 103488, 23, 102.3–55.1 mm SL, Jari river, Brazil; ANSP 189128, 3, 56.8−125.7 mm SL, Marowini river, Sipalawini, Suriname. Pseudancistrus zawadzkii Silva, Roxo, Britzke & Oliveira, 2014: Holotype, MZUSP 115056, 116.4 mm SL, Tapajós river, Brazil; Paratypes, LBP 15045, 2, 97.9−128.7 mm SL, LBP 17724, 1, 87.5 mm SL, LBP 16195, 1, 116.4 mm SL. Pseudancistrus barbatus (Valenciennes, 1840): ANSP 177366, 2, 76.5−103.7 mm SL, Burro Burro river, Water Dog Falls, Essequibo river basin, Guyana; ANSP 189119, 3, 75.1−151.5 mm SL, Lawa river, Sipalawini, Suriname. Pseudancistrus nigrescens Eigenmann, 1912: ANSP 177379, 5, 96.4−133.5 mm SL, Burro Burro river, Water Dog Falls, Essequibo river basin, Guyana. Lithoxancistrus orinoco (Isbrücker, Nijssen & Cala, 1988): ANSP 160600, 6, 68.0−78.5 mm SL, Orinoco river, Venezuela. Pseudancistrus pectegenitor Lujan, Armbruster & Sabaj, 2007: ANSP 190755, 1, 206.2 mm SL, Ventuari river, Orinoco river basin, Venezuela. Pseudancistrus sidereus Armbruster, 2004b: ANSP 185321, 4, 148.6−154.1 mm SL, Casiquiari river, Venezuela.
We are grateful to MH Sabaj Pérez (Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia), OT Oyakawa, A Datovo da Silva and MD Gianeti (Muzeu de Zoologia de São Paulo) for loans of specimens and curatorial assistance; to A Akama, JLO Birindelli, R Britzke, P Hollanda-Carvalho, FCT Lima, C Moreira, AL Netto-Ferreira, OT Oyakawa, LMS Souza and AK Zeinad for collecting specimens. Research was supported by Brazilian agencies FAPESP (Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo, proc. 2014/05051–5 to FFR, and proc. 2012/01622–2 to GSCS), MCT/CNPq (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico) (Edital Universal, proc. N. 441347/2014–2 coord. FFR).