Laimosemion anitae, a new species of Laimosemion genus, subgenus Owiyeye (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae) from Rio Juruá drainage, Amazon Basin, Brazil.
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28, Issue 1 – 28 February 2022
Dalton Tavares Bressane Nielsen, Jan Willem Hoetmer and Eric Vandekerkhove: Laimosemion anitae, a new species of Laimosemion genus, subgenus c (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae) from Rio Juruá drainage, Amazon Basin, Brazil, pp. 37-43
Abstract
A new species of Laimosemion, belonging to the subgenus Owiyeye, is described: Laimosemion anitae n. sp. from the Rio Juruá, Amazon basin, Brazil. The new species differs from the other species of the group by an unique color pattern in males: overall background color of trunk and head orange-brown, sides of body with brown background and 4 thin light blue stripes from opecular region to the caudal peduncle. Laimosemion anitae is hypothesized to be closely related to L. leticia and L. ubim by sharing a similar color pattern in males and females.