Systematics and Biogeography of the Genus Phallotorynus Henn, 1916 (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae), with Description of Three New Species

From: Copeia | Date: August 2, 2005| Author: de Souza Rosa, Ricardo; Reis, Roberto E; Lucinda, Paulo Henrique Franco | Copyright information

The genus Phallotorynus is revised and six species are recognized: P. fasciolatus, P. jucundus, P. victoriae, and three new species from the Paraná-Paraguay drainage, whose descriptions are provided. Phallotorynus dispilos, new species, can be distinguished from its congeners by its color pattern, the presence of sexually dimorphic teeth, and by a series of axial skeleton and gonopodium features. Phallotorynus psittakos, new species, can be autapomorphically diagnosed by a very large lateral...

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