Curimata biornata, a new curimatid fish (Characiformes, Curimatidae) from Argentine and Southeastern Brazil

Abstract

includes the fleshy opercular flap. Scales counted above and below the lateral line not including the middorsal and midventral scale. Last dorsal-fin ray and last anal-fin ray which are divided to base into two branched rays, are counted as two.Abbreviations used herein for institutions are:MACN:

Ficha de Steindachnerina biornata

“…Endêmica do Brasil: Não Steindachnerina biornata é descrita do arroio Juan Blanco, tributário do rio La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina (Braga & Azpelicueta, 1987;Vari, 1991). Está amplamente distribuída nas bacias do rio Uruguai, baixo Paraná e Paraguai, região estuarina do rio La Plata e rios costeiros, na Argentina, Brasil e Uruguai (Vari, 1991;Vari, 2003;Menezes et al, 2007;Malabarba et al, 2013).…”

First record of Steindachnerina insculpta (Fernández-Yépez, 1948) (Characiformes, Curimatidae) in Argentina

“…Three species of Steindachnerina have been recorded from Argentina (Mirande and Koerber 2015). Steindachnerina biornata (Braga & Azpelicueta, 1987) and S. brevipinna (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889) inhabit the Uruguay and Paraná rivers, and S. conspersa (Holmberg, 1891) inhabits the Paraguay river basin. The geographic range of S. brevipinna and S. conspersa also includes the Upper Bermejo river basin in northwestern Argentina Braga 1991, Monasterio de Gonzo 2003).…”