Present address: Departamento de Ecologia e Biologia Evolutiva, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, via Washington Luis, km 235, C.P. 676, São Carlos, SP, 13565-905, Brazil.
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Rediscovery and redescription of the unusual subterranean characiform Stygichthys typhlops, with notes on its life history
Article first published online: 7 MAY 2010
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02625.x
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Moreira, C. R., Bichuette, M. E., Oyakawa, O. T., De Pinna, M. C. C. and Trajano, E. (2010), Rediscovery and redescription of the unusual subterranean characiform Stygichthys typhlops, with notes on its life history. Journal of Fish Biology, 76: 1815–1824. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02625.x
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Present address: Departamento de Ecologia e Biologia Evolutiva, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, via Washington Luis, km 235, C.P. 676, São Carlos, SP, 13565-905, Brazil.
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- Issue published online: 7 MAY 2010
- Article first published online: 7 MAY 2010
- (Received 13 November 2006, Accepted 10 February 2010)
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Keywords:
- Characidae;
- Characiformes;
- conservation;
- hypogean fishes
The rediscovery of the enigmatic subterranean characiform Stygichthys typhlops is reported almost a half-century after the collection of the holotype, the only specimen previously known. Thirty-four specimens were collected in two shallow hand-dug wells at the region of the type locality, c. 13 km south-west of the town of Jaíba, Minas Gerais, Brazil. These specimens provide new information on the morphology of this species, and for the first time on its life history. The conservation status of S. typhlops is discussed. The species is severely threatened by habitat loss caused by exploitation of the aquifer.