Glandulocauda melanopleura ( Ellis, 1911 )

Menezes ¹, Naércio A. & Weitzman ², Stanley H., 2009, Systematics of the Neotropical fish subfamily Glandulocaudinae (Teleostei: Characiformes: Characidae), Neotropical Ichthyology 7 (3), pp. 295-370 : 309-310

Glandulocauda melanopleura ( Ellis, 1911) Figs. 11-12

Hyphessobrycon melanopleurus Ellis, 1911: 157 , plate 3, fig. 2, (type locality: “Alto da Serra, São Paulo ”, description based on immatures). - Eigenmann,1921: 220, plate 30, fig. 4 (redescription based on type specimens). - Fowler, 1948: 126, fig. 142 (listed).

Glandulocauda melanogenys Eigenmann, 1911b: 168 , plate 5, fig. 6, (description, type locality: “Alto da Serra, São Paulo, July 25, 1908 ”). - Eigenmann, 1914 a: 42 (listed). Henn, 1928: 68 (listed in catalog). - Eigenmann & Myers, 1929: 488 (redescription based on type specimens). - Fowler, 1951: 414 (listed; humeral spots shown too dark). - Böhlke, 1958: 43 (listed characters of species in key to glandulocaudine genera). - Nelson, 1964a: 63 (listed in discussion). - Géry, 1964: 6 [discussed characters listed by Böhlke (1958: 43) regarding relationships of Glandulocauda terofali Géry, 1964 ]. - Géry, 1966: 229 (in key to males of Glandulocauda and Mimagoniates ). - Géry, 1977: 362 (listed in brief discussion of Glandulocauda and Mimagoniates ). - Weitzman & Fink, 1985: 104, 109 [listed in material examined and in discussion of relationships of Diapoma (= Glandulocauda ; in part, of Géry, 1964)]. - Ibarra & Stewart, 1987: 39 (type catalog). - Weitzman et al., 1988: 384-419 (discussion of relationships and biogeography). - Menezes & Weitzman, 1990: 384 (in key to Glandulocaudini ). - Vari & Howe, 1991: 30 (type catalog). - Weitzman & Menezes, 1994: 2 (general description for non-systematic literature). - Guimarães et al., 1995 (cytogenetic studies). - Weitzman, 2003: 225 (maximum length; distribution; remarks and references). - Machado et al., 2005: 73 (conservation status). - Ribeiro et al., 2006: 158- 160 (photograph; presence in rio Guaratuba, São Paulo; comments on distribution and relationships). - Menezes et al., 2007: 123 (distribution; systematic status; ecology; conservation status). - Menezes, 2007: 38 (listed in catalog; distribution; conservation status). - Serra et al., 2007: 83-85 (comments on distribution and ecology). - Langeani et al.,

2007: 184 (size; origin and occurrence in upper rio Paraná). - Menezes et al., 2008: 37-41 (photograph; distribution; discussion of relationships and biogeography). - Menezes & Lima, 2008: 63 (conservation status; general informations; geographic distribution; main threats;

conservation strategies).

Mimagoniates melanogenys Schultz, 1959: 10 (in key; new generic allocation). See below notes on type locality.

Figures

Fig. 11. Glandulocauda melanopleura, adult male. USNM 236415, 42.3 mm SL, Brazil, São Paulo State, headwater stream of rio Tietê near Paranapiacaba. Modified from Weitzman et al. (1988).

Fig. 12. Glandulocauda melanopleura, adult female. USNM 236415, 37.5 mm SL, São Paulo State, headwater stream of rio Tietê near Paranapiacaba. Modified from Weitzman et al. (1988).