Moema Costa

Wilson J. E. M. Costa, 2004, Moema apurinan sp. n. and Aphyolebias boticarioi sp. n. (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae): two new annual killifishes from the Rio Purus basin, Brazilian Amazon., Zootaxa 707, pp. 1-12 : 2

[[ Moema Costa ]]

Moema comprises ten nominal species, of which M. heterostigma Costa is endemic to the Brazilian Pantanal, Rio Paraguay basin (Costa, 2003d), and nine species are known from the Amazon: M. piriana Costa , the type species of the genus, from the coastal plains adjacent to Rio Amazonas estuary, Brazil, M. staecki (Seegers) from the central Amazon, Brazil, M. portugali Costa and M. nudifrontata from the Rio Branco basin, northern Amazon, Brazil, M. hellneri Costa from the Rio Napo basin, western Amazon, Peru, and M. pepotei Costa , M. ortegai Costa , and M. quiii Huber , from the Madre de Dios-Beni-Mamore-Madeira river system in Peru, Brazil and Bolivia, southern Amazon (Costa, 1989, 1992, 2003a,b; Huber, 2003). Moema ortegai and M. quiii were described from the same locality (Tambopata, Río Madre de Dios drainage, Peru) and are morphologically identical, therefore considered synonyms. The name Moema ortegai , published in 24 November 2003 (Costa, 2003b), has priority over the name Moema quiii , published in December 2003 (Huber, 2003).