Data · collection · 2008
Description of a new Lithoxus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Guayana Highlands with a discussion of Guiana Shield biogeography
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Description
This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Lujan, Nathan K. (2008): Description of a new Lithoxus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Guayana Highlands with a discussion of Guiana Shield biogeography. Neotropical Ichthyology 6 (3): 413-418, DOI: 10.1590/S1679-62252008000300014, URL: scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252008000300014&lng=en&tlng=en Lithoxus jantjae, new species, is described from above Tencua Falls in headwaters of the Ventuari River, a white- to clearwater river flowing west from the Maigualida and Parima mountains in the Guayana Highlands of southern Venezuela.
Lithoxus jantjae represents a nearly 600 km westward range expansion for a genus historically known only from Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and Brazil. Lithoxus jantjae shares with other species of Lithoxus a dorsoventrally depressed body and a large, papilose oral disk with small toothcups and few teeth. It can be distinguished from congeners by a unique combination of characters including 12 branched caudal-fin rays, medial premaxillary tooth cusps enlarged, and a convex posterior margin of the adipose-fin membrane.
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With the discovery of L. jantjae, Lithoxus becomes the most recent example of a growing list of rheophilic loricariid genera with disjunct distributions on east and west sides of the Guayana Highlands. A biogeographic hypothesis relying on the existence of a proto-Berbice River uniting the southern Guayana Highlands with rivers of the central Guiana Shield is advanced to partially explain the modern distribution of these species.
Lithoxus jantjae, espécie nova, é descrito da região acima das cachoeiras de Tencua, nas cabeceiras do rio Ventuari, um rio de águas brancas a claras que corre para o oeste das montanhas Maigualida e Parima nas Terras Altas de Guayana, sul da Venezuela. Lithoxus jantjae amplia em cerca de 600 km para o oeste a distribuição de um gênero historicamente conhecido somente da Guiana, Suriname, Guiana Francesa e Brasil. Lithoxus jantjae compartilha com outras espécies de Lithoxus o corpo deprimido e um disco oral grande e papiloso, com pequenos dentários e premaxilares e poucos dentes.
Ele é distinguido dos congêneres por uma combinação única de caracteres incluindo 12 raios caudais medianos ramificados, cúspide medial dos dentes do premaxilar aumentada e uma margem posterior convexa na membrana da nadadeira adiposa. Com a descoberta de L. jantjae, Lithoxus torna-se o exemplo mais recente de uma lista de gêneros de loricariídeos reofílicos com distribuição disjunta nos lados leste e oeste das Terras Altas de Guayana.
Uma hipótese biogeográfica baseada na existência de um rio proto-Berbice unindo o sul das Terras Altas de Guayana com os rios do escudo central das Guianas é proposta a fim de explicar a distribuição moderna destas espécies.
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| concepts[field].local:field:life-sciences | mapping · gbif | connector:gbif@1.0.0 | |
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| description | source · gbif | connector:gbif@1.0.0 | /description |
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