Odontostilbe splendida
Redescription of Odontostilbe pulchra
Cristina M. Buhrnheim and Luiz R. Malabarba, 2007
Redescription of Odontostilbe pulchra (Gill, 1858) (Teleostei: Characidae: Cheirodontinae), and description of two new species from the rio Orinoco basinOdontostilbe pulchra, previously considered species inquirenda in Cheirodontinae and doubtfully assigned from the rio
Orinoco basin, is redescribed with the rediscovery of two syntypes. Originally described to the Island of Trinidad, O. pulchra is widespread in Venezuela, the rio Orinoco basin, in smaller coastal drainages of northern South America, in the Lake Valencia system, and rio Essequibo basin. A punctual occurrence in the upper rio Negro, near southernmost headwaters of the rio Orinoco, extends its distribution to the Amazon basin. Additionally, two new species of Odontostilbe from the rio Orinoco basin are described.
Cristina M. Buhrnheim and Luiz R. Malabarba
Neotropical Ichthyology, 5(1): 1-20, 2007