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Acanthobunocephalus Friel 1995

Acanthobunocephalus nicoi Friel 1995

John P. Friel
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Containing group: Aspredinidae

Introduction

Members of this genus become sexually mature at just over 16 mm standard length. They are known from only three localities and appear to berestricted to the upper Orinoco River system of Venezuela and possibly the upper Negro River system of Brazil.

Characteristics

Diagnosis

A genus of miniature fishes (less than 20 mm SL) distinguished from other aspredinids by the following characters: presence of a dorsal spinelet and rigid dorsal-spine; anteriorly expanded supraoccipital; absence of a posterior cranial fontanel; posterior cartilage of palatine absent; 2 pectoral radials; horizontal bony lamina developed only on last three centra and compound ural centrum; and absence of procurrent caudal-fin rays. Other characters not unique to this taxon but useful for identification are: reduced ornamentation of skull roof, dorsal lamina of Weberian complex, and nuchal plates; jaws equal; pectoral fin with spine and 4 rays; dorsal fin with spine and 3 rays; dorsal- and anal-fin membranes not adnate with body; dorsal- and ventral-most principal caudal rays much shorter than others, infraorbital lateralis canal truncated; lateral line truncated at approximately the level of the dorsal fin origin.

Other Names for Acanthobunocephalus nicoi Friel 1995

References

Friel, J. 1994. A phylogenetic study of the Neotropical banjo catfishes (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Aspredinidae) Ph.D. thesis, Duke University, Durham, NC, 256 pp.

Friel, J. 1995. Acanthobunocephalus nicoi, a new genus and species of miniature banjo-catfish from the upper Orinoco and Casiquiare Rivers, Venezuela. (Siluriformes: Aspredinidae). Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwaters, 6(1): 89-95.

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John P. Friel
Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates, Ithaca, New York, USA

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