BECAS
WALDBILLIG Marcos MartÍn
artículos
Título:
Determination of the type locality for Hypostomus laplatae, Ramnogaster melanostoma, Gymnogeophagus australis, and Crenicichla scottii, described from Argentina by Carl H. Eigenmann in 1907
Autor/es:
CALVIÑO P.; WALDBILLIG M.
Revista:
Ichthyological Contributions of PecesCriollos
Editorial:
Peces Criollos
Referencias:
Lugar: Buenos Aires; Año: 2020 p. 1 - 7
ISSN:
1868-3703
Resumen:
Eigenmann published a paper in 1907 on "a collection of fishes from Buenos Aires", in which he reported on 34 species, four then being new to science: Plecostomus laplatae, Pomolobus melanostomus, Geophagus australe and Batrachops scottii. The type locality of those species was stated as "Buenos Aires", and in the introduction of the paper he mentions that the specimens were obtained "near Buenos Aires" by W.B. Scott, so it was no clear if he referred to the city or the province and where was "near". So, the exact locality or drainage from where the type specimens of these species where collected remained unclear. Here, based on an historical analysis we present new evidence regarding the precision of the type locality of these species and identified the locality of Ensenada, in Buenos Aires province, as the most likely place where these specimens where obtained.
