Gymnotus carapo carapo, Albert, 2017

Albert, James S., 2017, Revision of the polytypic electric fish Gymnotus carapo (Gymnotiformes, Teleostei), with descriptions of seven subspecies, Zootaxa 4318 (3), pp. 401-438 : 427-428

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4318.3.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6045073

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scientific name

Gymnotus carapo carapo
status

subsp. nov.

Gymnotus carapo carapo View in CoL View at ENA New Subspecies

Figure 3 View FIGURE 3 C, Tables 3 and 4

Syntypes: NRM 64 (1), 262 mm; NRM 8224 (1), 331 mm; UUZM Linn. coll. 56 (1), 293 mm. Collected in the first half of the 18th Century near Paramaribo, Suriname (Lönnberg 1896:23; Fernholm & Wheeler 1983:216–217; Wheeler 1991:162–163, fig. 6).

Non-Types: MCZ 31219 (1), 262 mm, Suriname (exact locality unknown) . UMMZ 190414, 260 mm, Suriname, Brokopondo, Suriname River, Tapeoeripa creek near Brokopondo village (05°04’N, 054°58’W) GoogleMaps . UMMZ 190414 View Materials (5), 71–214 mm, Suriname, Brokopondo, Suriname River, Tapeoeripa creek near. Brokopondo village (05°04’N, 054°58’W) View Materials GoogleMaps . USNM 225274 View Materials (8), 81–318 mm, Suriname, Nickerie, Lucie River, upstream of Amotopo-Camp Geologie Rd. (03°36’N, 57°37’W) View Materials GoogleMaps . USNM 225275 View Materials (11), 81–270 mm, Suriname, Nickerie, Corantijn River , 350 m downstream from Wilhelm II falls (03°34’N, 057°15’W) GoogleMaps . USNM 225276 View Materials (16), 75–148 mm, Suriname, Nickerie, Corantijn River, Dalbana Creek, ca. 3 km upstream from Amotopo–Camp Geologie Rd. (04°20’N, 057°37’W) View Materials GoogleMaps . USNM 225284 View Materials (10), 54–143 mm, Suriname, Nickerie, Corantijn River, Lana Creek , ca. 4 km from intersection with W. Corantijn River (05°28’N, 057°15’W) View Materials GoogleMaps . USNM 225285 View Materials (12), 85–257 mm, Suriname, Nickerie, Corantijn River, creek south of Matapi, approx. 2 km downstream of Cow Falls (04°59’N, 057°38’W) View Materials GoogleMaps . USNM 225286 View Materials (15), 80–319 mm, Suriname, Nickerie, Corantijn River, Koekwie creek (05°31’N, 057°10’W) View Materials GoogleMaps . USNM 225290 View Materials (19), 14–157 mm, Suriname, Nickerie, Corantijn River, Dalibane Creek , Camp Dacclemmen (05°34’N, 057°11’W) View Materials GoogleMaps . USNM 225297 View Materials (14), 53–137 mm, Suriname, Nickerie, Corantijn River, stream on S. side Lucie River (03°35’N, 057°39’W) View Materials GoogleMaps . UF 180165 (6), 185–337 mm, Suriname, Para, Kola Kreek aff. Para River (05°27’8.820”N, 055°14’42.060”W) GoogleMaps . UF 180169 (5), 182–340 mm, Suriname, Brokopondo, Marshall Kreek, aff. Suriname River (05°14’24.9”N, 055°05’58.6”W) GoogleMaps . UF 180173 (11), 34–72 mm; UF 180175 (2), 65–219 mm, Suriname, Marowijne, Cottica Rivier, aff. Commewijne River (05°35.21’N, 054°17.11’W) GoogleMaps .

Description: Specimens of G. carapo from Suriname overlap substantially in morphometric and meristic PCspace with specimens from other localities ( Figures 4 View FIGURE 4 , 5 View FIGURE 5 , and 12). Gymnotus carapo carapo is characterized by the following combination of statistically significant (p <0.01) traits when compared to the rest of the species as a whole (see Principal Components Analyses and t-tests): long preorbital distance (PR 31.4%–40.2% HL, mean 36.3% vs. 28.0%–39.4%, mean 34.6% in all other subspecies) and wide mouth (MW 33.6%–47.6% HL, mean 43.0% vs. 32.2%–49.0%, mean 40.2% in all other subspecies).

Distribution: Known from Atlantic coastal drainages of Suriname and French Guiana, including the Brokopondo, Nickerie, and Suriname districts of Suriname in the Lucie, Suriname, and Corantijn rivers, and all departments of French Guiana ( Figure 2 View FIGURE 2 B).

Etymology: Subspecific epithet derived from the specific epithet.

MCZ

Museum of Comparative Zoology

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