Chrysobrycon guahibo, a new species from the Orinoco River basin, with a distribution expansion of the genus (Teleostei: Characidae)

VANEGAS RÍOS, JAMES ANYELO; BONILLA-URBANO, ALEXANDER; AZPELICUETA, MARÍA DE LAS MERCEDES

ICHTHYOLOGICAL EXPLORATION OF FRESHWATERS

VERLAG DR FRIEDRICH PFEIL

Lugar: München; Año: 2015 vol. 26 p. 171 - 182

0936-9902

Chrysobrycon guahibo, new species, is described from some small drainages flowing into the Guaviare River basin, Orinoco River basin, Colombia. This is the first record of the genus in the Orinoco basin. Chrysobrycon guahibo isdistinguished from all congeners by having fewer maxillary teeth 1-3 (vs. 6-15 in C. eliasi, 3-11 in C. hesperus, 3-12 in C. myersi, and 9-16 in C. yoliae), the nasal bone longer than antorbital (vs. nasal as long as or shorter thanantorbital), absence of bony lamella between the second and third basibranchials (vs. presence of this lamella), and bony hooks on the 3rd to 7th branched anal-fin rays with discontinuous arrangement, forming two separate series along each ray in mature males (vs. bony hooks with continuous arrangement, forming a single series along rays, except in C. hesperus). Chrysobrycon guahibo also differs from C. hesperus and C. myersi by the presence of a terminal lateral-line tube between caudal-fin rays 10 and 11 (vs. absence of this tube), absence of bony lamella between the first and second basibranchials (vs. presence of this lamella), and greater number of neural spines between the posteriormost supraneural and the anteriormost dorsal-fin pterygiophore (4-5 vs. 2-3). An updated identification key for all Chrysobrycon species is provided.