Vertebrate Zoology 64(1): 35-42, doi:
A new species of Crenicichla from the upper Rio das Antas basin, dos Patos lagoon system, southern Brazil (Teleostei: Cichlidae)
expand article infoJosé L. Mattos, Ingo Schindler, Felipe Polivanov Ottoni‡§, Morevy M. Cheffe
‡ Universidade Federal do Maranhão, Chapadinha, Brazil§ Federal University of Maranhão, Brazil

Corresponding author: Morevy Cheffe ( mcheffe@hotmail.com )

© José Mattos, Ingo Schindler, Felipe Ottoni, Morevy Cheffe.
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Citation: Mattos JL, Schindler I, Ottoni FP, Cheffe MM (2014) A new species of Crenicichla from the upper Rio das Antas basin, dos Patos lagoon system, southern Brazil (Teleostei: Cichlidae). Vertebrate Zoology 64(1): 35-42
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Abstract
Crenicichla lucenai sp. n. from the upper Rio das Antas basin, dos Patos lagoon system, southern Brazil is here described. The new species is similar to C. punctata and C. maculata. It is distinguished from both these species by the conspicuous pattern of dark brown irregular lines extending from longitudinal stripe to ventral profile (versus irregular lines absent). In addition, C. lucenai can be distinguished from C. punctata by the absence of dots on the sides of its head.
Keywords
Biodiversity, Cichlinae, Crenicichla lucenai, Crenicichla maculata, Crenicichla punctata, systematics, taxonomy.