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Unexpected species diversity in electric eels with a description of the stronge...
Santana, Carlos David de; Crampton, William Gareth Richard; Dillman, Casey B.; Frederico, Renata Guimarães; Sabaj, Mark Henry; Covain, RaphaelIs there only one electric eel species? For two and a half centuries since its description by Linnaeus, Electrophorus electricus has captivated humankind by its capacity to generate strong electric discharges. Despite the importance of Electrophorus in multiple fields of science, the possibility of additional species-level diversity in the genus, which could also reveal a hidden variety of substances and bioele...
Description of a new species of Tetranematichthys (Siluriformes: Auchenipterida...
Peixoto, Luiz Antônio Wanderley; Wosiacki, Wolmar BenjaminTetranematichthys barthemi é descrita para a foz do rio Trombetas e tributários correspondentes (rios Saracá e Araticum), e rio Urubu, tributário do rio Amazonas. Tetranematichthys barthemi compartilha com seus congêneres (T. wallacei e T. quadrifilis) o alinhamento anterior dos barbilhões mandibulares e a porção do músculo protrator hióide ligado ao mesmo barbilhão bem desenvolvida. Distingue-se destas espécie...