Check List 15(5): 867-874, doi: 10.15560/15.5.867
Moenkhausia hemigrammoides Géry, 1965 (Characidae, Stethaprioninae) in Colombia: new records and comments on morphology
Alejandro Méndez-López‡, Alexander Urbano-Bonilla§‡ Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, Claustro de San Agustín, Villa de Leyva, Colombia§ Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia
Corresponding author: Alejandro Méndez-López ( mendez.alejandro@javeriana.edu.co ) Academic editor: Sarah Steele © Alejandro Méndez-López, Alexander Urbano-Bonilla. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Citation:
Méndez-López A, Urbano-Bonilla A (2019) Moenkhausia hemigrammoides Géry, 1965 (Characidae, Stethaprioninae) in Colombia: new records and comments on morphology. Check List 15(5): 867-874. https://doi.org/10.15560/15.5.867 |  |
Abstract
Moenkhausia hemigrammoides Géry, 1965 was described from Suriname and recently found in the Ariari drainage, part of the Orinoco river basin. Here, we formally report the presence of this species in the Ariari and Inírida drainages of the Guaviare River and present morphological data that complement the original description. Our records of M. hemigrammoides represent the westernmost distribution for this Guianan species in the Amazonas–Orinoco transition zone.
Keywords
Conservation, freshwater, Guaviare, Hemigrammus unilineatus, Neotropical fish, Orinoco, Regional Natural Parks