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Characidium ortegai

Characidium ortegai (Chort_f0.jpg)
by Oliveira-Silva, L. et al., 2025

Size (cm): 3.1 SL
Locality: Peru, Charapa creek, La Convención Province  
Sex/Stage: female 
Date: 2022-10-24 
Reference: Oliveira-Silva, L., R. Britzke, V. Meza-Vargas, M.H. Hidalgo, D. Faustino-Fuster, C. Oliveira and A.M. Zanata, 2025
Morphological and molecular evidence reveals a new species of Characidium from the Ucayali-Urubamba Piedmont, Peru, and novel molecular clades are proposed within the genus.
 
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Remark: Paratype, MUSM 70838; Photo used under CC-BY license 



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Characidium ortegai

Characidium ortegai (Chort_m0.jpg)
by Oliveira-Silva, L. et al., 2025

Size (cm): 2.3 SL
Locality: Peru, unnamed creek tributary of Urubamba River, La Convención Province  
Sex/Stage: male 
Date: 2012-05-08 
Reference: Oliveira-Silva, L., R. Britzke, V. Meza-Vargas, M.H. Hidalgo, D. Faustino-Fuster, C. Oliveira and A.M. Zanata, 2025
Morphological and molecular evidence reveals a new species of Characidium from the Ucayali-Urubamba Piedmont, Peru, and novel molecular clades are proposed within the genus.
 
Source:
Remark: Paratype, MUSM 44939; Photo used under CC-BY license 



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Characidium ortegai

Characidium ortegai (Chort_u0.jpg)
by Oliveira-Silva, L. et al., 2025

Size (cm): 3 SL
Locality: Peru, Charapa creek, La Convención Province  
Sex/Stage:  
Date: 2022-10-24 
Reference: Oliveira-Silva, L., R. Britzke, V. Meza-Vargas, M.H. Hidalgo, D. Faustino-Fuster, C. Oliveira and A.M. Zanata, 2025
Morphological and molecular evidence reveals a new species of Characidium from the Ucayali-Urubamba Piedmont, Peru, and novel molecular clades are proposed within the genus.
 
Source:
Remark: Holotype, MUSM 77985; Photo used under CC-BY license 



This work is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0.
Image can be freely copied and altered, as long as original author and source are properly acknowledged.


Characidium ortegai

Characidium ortegai (Chort_u1.jpg)
by Oliveira-Silva, L. et al., 2025

Size (cm): 3 SL
Locality: Peru, Charapa creek, La Convención Province  
Sex/Stage:  
Date: 2022-10-24 
Reference: Oliveira-Silva, L., R. Britzke, V. Meza-Vargas, M.H. Hidalgo, D. Faustino-Fuster, C. Oliveira and A.M. Zanata, 2025
Morphological and molecular evidence reveals a new species of Characidium from the Ucayali-Urubamba Piedmont, Peru, and novel molecular clades are proposed within the genus.
 
Source:
Remark: Holotype, MUSM 77985; Photo used under CC-BY license 



This work is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0.
Image can be freely copied and altered, as long as original author and source are properly acknowledged.

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