Two new species of the genus Hemiancistrus Bleeker (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the upper rio Uruguai basin

This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Cardoso, Alexandre Rodrigues, Silva, José Francisco Pezzi da (2004): Two new species of the genus Hemiancistrus Bleeker (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the upper rio Uruguai basin. Neotropical Ichthyology 2 (1): 1-8, DOI: 10.1590/S1679-62252004000100001, URL: scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252004000100001&lng=en&tlng=en Two new species of Hemiancistrus are described: Hemiancistrus votouro n. sp. and Hemiancistrus meizospilos n. sp. from upper rio Uruguai basin.

They differ from their congeners except H. chlorostictus, H. megacephalus, and H. macrops by the presence of light dots on fins and lateral and dorsal portions of head and body. Hemiancistrus votouro and H. meizospilos differ from the species above by meristic and morphometric data and by the color pattern. Duas novas espécies de Hemiancistrus são descritas: Hemiancistrus votouro e Hemiancistrus meizospilos da bacia do rio Uruguai superior.