EXCLUSIVE CYTOTYPE IN Parauchenipterus galeatus (SILURIFORMES, AUCHENIPTERIDAE) IN THE EASTERN NORTH-EAST ATLANTIC BASIN OF BRAZIL: INDICATION OF A SPECIES COMPLEX

• Published in: Biota Amazônia
• Main Authors: Araújo, Washington Candeia, Molina, Wagner Franco
• Other Authors: CNPq, CAPES, FINEP
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Universidade Federal do Amapá 2013
• Subjects: North East Atlantic
• Online Access: http://periodicos.unifap.br/index.php/biota/article/view/643; https://doi.org/10.18561/2179-5746/biotaamazonia.v3n2p33-39

Endemisms among the ichthyofauna of the hydrographic Brazilian basins has been showed frequent, mainly due to vicariance or dispersal processes. Several species constitute genuinely complexes of cryptic species, in clear process of differentiation. Cytogenetic analysis performed in the catfish, Para...