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Revista Peruana de Biología
On-line version ISSN 1727-9933
Abstract
MORAL-FLORES, Luis Fernando Del; LOPEZ-SEGOVIA, Eduardo and HERNANDEZ-ARELLANO, Tao. Description of Thorichthys panchovillai sp. n., a new species of cichlid (Actinopterygii: Cichlidae) from the River Coatzacoalcos Basin, Mexico. Rev. peru biol. [online]. 2017, vol.24, n.1, pp.3-10. ISSN 1727-9933. http://dx.doi.org/10.15381/rpb.v24i1.13104.
Thorichthys panchovillai, new species, is described, from distinctive of the tributaries of the River Coatzacoalcos basin, Mexico. The new species is diagnosed by a set of characters: dorsal fin rays XVI, 8 - 9; anal fin rays VII, 6 - 7; pectoral fin rays, I, 11 - 12; total gill-rakers on the first branchial cleft 11 - 12; subopercular stain present although weakly intensified, it exposes a notable sexual dimorphism that distinguishes it from others: the female possess a black blotch between the fifth and sixth dorsal spine
Keywords : Cichliformes; Ichthyology; Neotropics; Systematic; Taxonomy; freshwater; new species.