COMMENTS ON THE GENUS APAREIODON EIGENMANN (CHARACIFORMES, PARODONTIDAE) WITH THE DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES FROM THE GRAN SABANA REGION OF EASTERN VENEZUELA

Authors
STARNES WC SCHINDLER I
Citation
Wc. Starnes et I. Schindler, COMMENTS ON THE GENUS APAREIODON EIGENMANN (CHARACIFORMES, PARODONTIDAE) WITH THE DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES FROM THE GRAN SABANA REGION OF EASTERN VENEZUELA, Copeia, (3), 1993, pp. 754-762
Citations number
33
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
Copeia → ACNP
ISSN journal
00458511
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
754 - 762
Database
ISI
SICI code
0045-8511(1993):3<754:COTGAE>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
The genus Apareiodon is diagnosed based on several derived features of the jaws, and a new species plus 13 nominal parodontid species are as signed to it. The new species is described from the Rio Caroni system in the Gran Sabana region of eastern Venezuela, a region of apparent e ndemism in fishes.