Albihoa, V & LF Duboc, 2007
A new species of the freshwater fish genus Astyanax (Ostariophysi: Characidae) from the rio Iguacu basin, southeastern Brazil.Abstract
Astyanax varzeae, a new species of characid fish, is described from the rio da Varzea headwaters, a tributary of the upper portions of the rio Iguacu in Parana State, Brazil. The new species belongs to the Astyanax scabripinnis species complex and differs from its congeners by the presence of one or two humeral spots, maxilla with one to three (mostly two) teeth and 15 to 20 (usually 16 to 18) branched anal-fin rays.
Albihoa, V & LF Duboc
Zootaxa 1587: 43–52, 2007.
