A new species of Aphanotorulus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio Aripuanã basin, Brazil

This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Oliveira, Andreza S., Py-Daniel, Lúcia Rapp, Zawadzki, Cláudio H. (2017): A new species of Aphanotorulus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio Aripuanã basin, Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology 15 (1), No. e 160034: 1-10, DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-20160034, URL: dx.doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-20160034 The cis-Andean genus Aphanotorulus was recently revised and comprises six valid species: A. ammophilus, A. emarginatus, A. gomesi, A. horridus, A. phrixosoma and A. unicolor.

Herein, a new species is described from tributaries of the rio Aripuanã basin, in Amazonas and Mato Grosso states, Brazil. The new species is easily distinguished from congeners by its color pattern: caudal fin with upper lobe mostly hyaline with dark spots along rays and membranes, and lower lobe red and without dark spots; and absence of dark spots in the lateral series of mid-ventral plates.