Article
Morphology and molecular evidence of a new species of Characidium (Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from the edges of a protected area at Rio Itararé, upper Rio Paraná, southern Brazil.
Journal of fish biology - 1 Dec 2024
Stabile B H M, Dos Reis R B, Frota A, Graça W J da, Oliveira A V de
Abstract excerpt
A new species of Characidium is described from the headwaters of the Rio Itararé, upper Rio Paraná basin, at the boundaries of the Ponta Grossa Arch and the Devonian Escarpment Environmental Protection Area. The new species is supported by both morphological and molecular data, including species delimitation methods (Assemble Species by Automatic Partitioning, Barcode Index Number, Poisson Tree Process and its...
Topics
- Animals
- Brazil
- Characiformes
- Phylogeny
- Genetic Variation
- Conservation of Natural Resources
- Bayes Theorem
- DNA Barcoding, Taxonomic
- Male
- Female