Range extension of Hypostomus cochliodon Kner, 1854 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) in Bermejo River, Salta, Argentina

Guillermo Terán; Gastón Aguilera; Felipe Alonso; Juan Marcos Mirande

doi:10.15560/12.4.1953

Check List 12(4): e19555, doi: 10.15560/12.4.1953

Range extension of Hypostomus cochliodon Kner, 1854 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) in Bermejo River, Salta, Argentina

Guillermo Enrique Terán^‡, Felipe Alonso^§, Gastón Aguilera^‡, Juan Marcos Mirande^‡

‡ idad Ejecutora Lillo (CONICET)-Fundación Miguel Lillo,§ División Ictiología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia” (MACN)-CONICET,

Corresponding author: Guillermo Terán ( guilloteran@gmail.com )

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Citation: Terán G, Aguilera G, Alonso F, Mirande J (2016) Range extension of Hypostomus cochliodon Kner, 1854 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) in Bermejo River, Salta, Argentina. Check List 12(4): 1953. https://doi.org/10.15560/12.4.1953

Abstract

Hypostomus cochliodon Kner, 1854 had been recorded from Paraguay and Paraná rivers in Argentina. We recorded for the first time specimens of H. cochliodon to the Bermejo River basin. It is also the first record of this species to Salta province, Argentina.

Keywords

biogeography; distribution; northwestern Argentina; first record; Hypostominae