Check List 14(6): 1053-1058, doi: 10.15560/14.6.1058
Morphological and molecular identification of Geophagus sveni Lucinda, Lucena & Assis, 2010 (Cichlidae, Cichliformes) from the Paraná river basin, Argentina
expand article infoMauricio F. Benitez‡, Juan C. Cerutti‡, Danilo R. Aichino‡, Diego Baldo§
‡ Instituto de Biología Subtropical (CONICET-UNaM), Posadas, Argentina§ Instituto de Biología Subtropical (CONICET-UNaM), Misiones, Argentina

Corresponding author: Mauricio F. Benitez ( mauriciofbenitez@gmail.com )

Academic editor: Felipe Ottoni
© 2019 Mauricio F. Benitez, Juan C. Cerutti, Danilo R. Aichino, Diego Baldo.
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Citation: Benitez M, Cerutti J, Aichino D, Baldo D (2018) Morphological and molecular identification of Geophagus sveni Lucinda, Lucena & Assis, 2010 (Cichlidae, Cichliformes) from the Paraná river basin, Argentina. Check List 14(6): 1053-1058. https://doi.org/10.15560/14.6.1058
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Abstract
During 2015, we collected several specimens of a cichlid tentatively assigned to Geophagus in Yacyretá reservoir in the Paraná river basin (Argentina). By means of morphological and molecular evidence, we identified these specimens as Gephagus sveni, a species known from middle portion of the Tocantins River. Here we report the presence of the genus Geophagus (sensu stricto) in Argentina for the first time.
Keywords
New record; freshwater fish; Argentine ichthyofauna; cytochrome oxidase 1; acara