Rediscovery of <i>Crenicichla yaha</i> (Teleostei: Cichlidae)

<i>Crenicichla yaha</i> was described from the Urugua-í river (arroyo Urugua-í; and erroneously on one specimen from the Rio Iguazú) in Misiones, Argentina. The species was only known from nine specimens collected in 1986 during an environmental impact study prior to the construction of...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:
Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Říčan, Oldřich, Almirón, Adriana Edith, Casciotta, Jorge Rafael
Formato: Articulo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2017
Materias:
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/106484
https://media.hotelwebservice.com/media/pecescriollos/docs/icp_50_-_rican_et_al_2017_rediscovery_of_crenicichla_yaha.pdf
Aporte de:
id I19-R120-10915-106484
record_format dspace
institution Universidad Nacional de La Plata
institution_str I-19
repository_str R-120
collection SEDICI (UNLP)
language Inglés
topic Ciencias Naturales
Zoología
Crenicichla yaha
Peces
spellingShingle Ciencias Naturales
Zoología
Crenicichla yaha
Peces
Říčan, Oldřich
Almirón, Adriana Edith
Casciotta, Jorge Rafael
Rediscovery of <i>Crenicichla yaha</i> (Teleostei: Cichlidae)
topic_facet Ciencias Naturales
Zoología
Crenicichla yaha
Peces
description <i>Crenicichla yaha</i> was described from the Urugua-í river (arroyo Urugua-í; and erroneously on one specimen from the Rio Iguazú) in Misiones, Argentina. The species was only known from nine specimens collected in 1986 during an environmental impact study prior to the construction of the Urugua-í hydroelectric dam in 1989. The species has not been collected since and is absent from the artificial lake where ecological conditions have been severely altered and where the diversity and biomass of non-native species are on the increase. We report here the rediscovery of <i>Crenicichla yaha</i> in the Urugua-í basin based on nine specimens collected in December 2016 at two localities outside the influence of the artificial lake. The species is distinct (especially in live coloration) from <i>Crenicichla tesay</i> which was previously treated as conspecific with it or confused with it. <i>Crenicichla yaha</i> is endemic to the Urugua-í river basin, while <i>Crenicichla tesay</i> is endemic to the Iguazú river basin. The original description of <i>Crenicichla yaha</i> was based on long preserved specimens lacking most coloration patterns. We expand the description and diagnosis of the species with the now known coloration patterns based on live specimens including breeding coloration and rediagnose the species by comparisons with the remaining closely related species of the <i>C. mandelburgeri</i> species group which were not known at the time of the original description of <i>C. yaha</i>.
format Articulo
Articulo
author Říčan, Oldřich
Almirón, Adriana Edith
Casciotta, Jorge Rafael
author_facet Říčan, Oldřich
Almirón, Adriana Edith
Casciotta, Jorge Rafael
author_sort Říčan, Oldřich
title Rediscovery of <i>Crenicichla yaha</i> (Teleostei: Cichlidae)
title_short Rediscovery of <i>Crenicichla yaha</i> (Teleostei: Cichlidae)
title_full Rediscovery of <i>Crenicichla yaha</i> (Teleostei: Cichlidae)
title_fullStr Rediscovery of <i>Crenicichla yaha</i> (Teleostei: Cichlidae)
title_full_unstemmed Rediscovery of <i>Crenicichla yaha</i> (Teleostei: Cichlidae)
title_sort rediscovery of <i>crenicichla yaha</i> (teleostei: cichlidae)
publishDate 2017
url http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/106484
https://media.hotelwebservice.com/media/pecescriollos/docs/icp_50_-_rican_et_al_2017_rediscovery_of_crenicichla_yaha.pdf
work_keys_str_mv AT ricanoldrich rediscoveryoficrenicichlayahaiteleosteicichlidae
AT almironadrianaedith rediscoveryoficrenicichlayahaiteleosteicichlidae
AT casciottajorgerafael rediscoveryoficrenicichlayahaiteleosteicichlidae
bdutipo_str Repositorios
_version_ 1764820442623770625