First record of the hypoptopomatine genus Eurycheilichthys Reis &amp; Schaefer, 1993 (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) from Argentina

María Azpelicueta; Stefan Koerber

doi:10.15560/10.5.1210

Check List 10(5): 1210-1212, doi: 10.15560/10.5.1210

First record of the hypoptopomatine genus Eurycheilichthys Reis & Schaefer, 1993 (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) from Argentina

María de las Mercedes Azpelicueta^‡, Stefan Koerber^§

‡ Museo de La Plata, Argentina§ Germany, Germany

Corresponding author: María Azpelicueta ( azpeli@fcnym.unlp.edu.ar )

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Citation: Azpelicueta M, Koerber S (2014) First record of the hypoptopomatine genus Eurycheilichthys Reis & Schaefer, 1993 (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) from Argentina. Check List 10(5): 1210-1212. https://doi.org/10.15560/10.5.1210

Abstract

The hypoptopomatine genus Eurycheilichthys was so far considered to be endemic to the South of Brazil. One of its species, E. pantherinus, was described from the upper Uruguay river basin. We inform about the finding of this species within the Garibaldi creek, headwater of the arroyo Yabotí Guazú. This is the first record for Argentina which is found in a tributary of the middle Uruguay river.

Keywords

Hypoptopomatini; distribution; freshwater