Check List 17(4): 1181-1185, doi: 10.15560/17.4.1181
Rediscovery of Hemigrammus unilineatus (Gill, 1858) (Characiformes, Characidae) in Ecuador after more than three decades
Jonathan Valdiviezo-Rivera‡, Martha Buenaño Carriel§, Daniel Escobar-Camacho|‡ Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad INABIO, Quito, Ecuador§ Red Ecuatoriana de Ictiología REI, Quito, Ecuador| Laboratorio de Ecología Acuática, Instituto Biósfera USFQ, Quito, Ecuador
Corresponding author: Jonathan Valdiviezo-Rivera ( bioictiojona@yahoo.com ) Academic editor: Victor De Brito © Jonathan Valdiviezo-Rivera, Martha Buenaño Carriel, Daniel Escobar-Camacho. 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:
Valdiviezo-Rivera J, Carriel MB, Escobar-Camacho D (2021) Rediscovery of Hemigrammus unilineatus (Gill, 1858) (Characiformes, Characidae) in Ecuador after more than three decades. Check List 17(4): 1181-1185. https://doi.org/10.15560/17.4.1181 |  |
Abstract
Hemigrammus unilineatus (Gill, 1858) (Characidae) is rediscovered in Yasuní National Park, eastern Ecuador, where it has not been reported since 1987. We present a detailed taxonomic description, including measurements and photographs, as well as a distribution map of this species in Ecuador. Based on our new evidence, we confirm the presence of H. unilineatus in the Ecuadorian Amazon.
Keywords
Amazon Basin, ichthyofauna, measurements, Yasuní National Park