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Top mountain areas of subtropical southern Brazil sheltering four new small-ranged catfishes (Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae): relationships and taxonomy

Authors :
Wilson J. E. M. Costa
Caio R. M. Feltrin
José Leonardo O. Mattos
Axel M. Katz
Source :
Evolutionary Systematics, Vol 8, Iss 2, Pp 199-218 (2024)
Publication Year :
2024
Publisher :
Pensoft Publishers, 2024.

Abstract

Mountainous regions typically host a great diversity of small-ranged species, often contributing for delineating world biodiversity hotspots. Species of trichomycterine catfishes have been recorded for several high-altitude areas of tropical South America, but field inventories in top mountains of southern Brazil are still rare. Here we report four new small-ranged species collected in streams of the Rio Iguaçu at Serra do Espigão (RISE) in altitudes between about 970 and 1020 m asl, one in the eastern portion of RISE and three in the western portion. A molecular phylogenetic analysis indicated that these species belong to the Cambeva beta-clade, which comprises all species endemic to the Rio Iguaçu drainage, but together not forming a monophyletic group. The analysis also indicated that species endemic to high altitudes are variably related to species from lower altitudes. The only eastern RISE species appears in a basal position of a well-supported clade (Cambeva beta1-clade), with the western RISE species appearing in a subclade of the Cambeva beta1-clade with species occurring in a vast area of southern Brazil. New species are diagnosed by combinations of morphological character states, including meristic, colouration, latero-sensory system, and osteological data.

Subjects

Subjects :
Evolution
QH359-425
Life
QH501-531

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
25350730
Volume :
8
Issue :
2
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Evolutionary Systematics
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.739ca91d84698a5a40845cf6fcdb0
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.8.126393