Furcodontichthys Rapp Py-Daniel, 1981
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z01462p001 |
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publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D1F13841-BD7B-4D00-B57D-9CBEC187B83C |
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DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6236647 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0C782A47-83C1-F44D-11C4-ABCB0F326BE1 |
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treatment provided by |
Thomas |
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scientific name |
Furcodontichthys Rapp Py-Daniel, 1981 |
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Furcodontichthys Rapp Py-Daniel, 1981 View in CoL ZBK .
Type species: Furcodontichthys novaesi Rapp Py-Daniel, 1981 ZBK .
Holotype: INPA T.79-014 , Brazil, State of Amazonas, Rio Solimoes , Tefe Lake at Caititu .
Gender: masculine.
This monotypic genus is known from the middle Amazon at Lake Tefé and from the upper Jurua River drainage in the Solimões River basin. Furcodontichthys ZBK inhabits sandy substrates. Evers & Seidel (2005) captured Furcodontichthys novaesi ZBK at night, on a sand bank, in black waters of the Rio Tefé. As with representatives of the Loricariichthys ZBK group, males of Furcodontichthys ZBK show a hypertrophied development of the lips suggesting that this genus is a lip brooder. The presence of conspicuous fringed barbels at the lip corners is unique among the Loricariinae . These barbels have branching patterns comparable to those of the Pseudohemiodon ZBK group.
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Brazil, Amazonas, Manaus, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazoonia, Colecao Sistematica da Entomologia |
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