FB-64683 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64683 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Siluriformes Pimelodidae Megalonema Megalonema orixanthum Lundberg & Dahdul, 2008 2008-10-16 2008-10-16 Zanata, A.M. and P. Camelier0 Two new species of <i>Astyanax</i> (Characiformes: Characidae) from upper rio Paraguaçu and rio Itapicuru basins, Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil. Zootaxa 1908:28-40. (Ref. 79518) FB-DiagnosticDescr-64692 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Frédéric Busson 2008-10-20 22:02:56 2012-12-27 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64692 Astyanax epiagos can be distinguished from most of its congeners and from all other Astyanax species known from northeastern Brazilian drainages (A. brevirhinus, A. fasciatus, A. intermedius, A. lacustris, A. pelecus, A. rivularis, and A. taeniatus) by a vertically elongated humeral blotch and body highest along vertical through midlength of pectoral fin (vs. distinctly horizontally elongated humeral spot and highest body depth just anterior to dorsal-fin origin in A. lacustris and A. pelecus), absence of dark stripe from humeral region to caudal peduncle (vs. well defined dark midlateral stripe along most of body length in A. intermedius, A. pelecus, A. rivularis, A. taeniatus), 2-4 outer premaxillary teeth and total anal fin rays 17-21 (vs. 5 teeth and 28 anal-fin rays in A. brevirhinus). Zanata, A.M. and P. Camelier 2008 Two new species of <i>Astyanax</i> (Characiformes: Characidae) from upper rio Paraguaçu and rio Itapicuru basins, Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil. Zootaxa 1908:28-40. (Ref. 79518) FB-Distribution-64692 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Frédéric Busson 2008-10-20 20:43:41 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64692 South America: Brazil from rio Ferro Doido, a tributary of rio Jacuípe, itself a tributary of the rio Paraguaçu, a coastal drainage of eastern Brazil (Ref. 79518). Latitude wrongly reported in Ref. 79518 as 11°37'N. Zanata, A.M. and P. Camelier 2008 Two new species of <i>Astyanax</i> (Characiformes: Characidae) from upper rio Paraguaçu and rio Itapicuru basins, Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil. Zootaxa 1908:28-40. (Ref. 79518) FB-Size-64692 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Frédéric Busson 2008-10-20 20:34:49 2024-03-21 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64692 5.9 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 79518)) Zanata, A.M. and P. Camelier 2008 Two new species of <i>Astyanax</i> (Characiformes: Characidae) from upper rio Paraguaçu and rio Itapicuru basins, Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil. Zootaxa 1908:28-40. (Ref. 79518) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-64692 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Frédéric Busson 2008-10-20 20:34:49 2024-03-21 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=64692 pelagic; freshwater