%0 Journal Article
%T Astyanaxelachylepis, a new characid fish from the rio Tocantins drainage, Brazil (Teleostei: Characidae)
%A Bertaco
%A Vinicius A.
%A Lucinda
%A Paulo H. F.
%J Neotropical Ichthyology
%D 2005
%I Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia
%R 10.1590/S1679-62252005000300006
%X a new characid species, astyanax elachylepis, is described from the rio tocantins drainage. the new species is distinguished from its congeners by possessing 48-53 perforated scales along the lateral line, a large caudal-peduncle spot, the presence of bony hooks on dorsal, anal, pelvic, and pectoral fins of males, one or two vertically-elongated humeral spots, one maxillary tooth, and 22-27 branched anal-fin rays.
%K neotropical
%K characiformes
%K astyanax microlepis
%K taxonomy.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1679-62252005000300006&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en