A New Species of Roeboides (Teleostei: Characidae) from Costa Rica and Panama, With a Key to the Middle American Species of the Genus

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

6-28-2013

Department

Biological Sciences

School

Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences

Abstract

A new species of Roeboides is described from the Pacific slope of Costa Rica and Panama. Roeboides bussingi differs from all other Central American Roeboides and all members of the R. guatemalensis species group by the following combination of characters: presence of 18-22 scales above the lateral line (vs. 12-16 in R. dientito); 15-22 scales below the lateral line (vs. 10-14 in R. dientito, and 20-24 in R. loftini); an inconspicuous, sometimes absent, crescent-shaped humeral spot (vs. a large round, conspicious humeral spot in R. carti, R. dayi, R. dientito, R. ilsae, R. loftini, and R. occidentalis); a small wedge-shaped spot that does not reach the lateral line (vs. caudal spot triangle shaped in R. bouchellei); and a dark band at the distal tip of the anal fin (vs. dark band absent in R. bouchellei). A key to all Middle American species of Roeboides is also presented.

Publication Title

Neotropical Ichthyology

Volume

11

Issue

2

First Page

285

Last Page

290

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