%0 Journal Article
%T A new Synbranchus (Teleostei: Synbranchiformes: Synbranchidae) from ilha de Maraj¨®, Par¨¢, Brazil, with notes on its reproductive biology and larval development
%A Favorito
%A Sandra E.
%A Zanata
%A Angela M.
%A Assump£¿£¿o
%A Maria I.
%J Neotropical Ichthyology
%D 2005
%I Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia
%R 10.1590/S1679-62252005000300001
%X synbranchus lampreia, new species, is described from rio goiapi, maraj¨® island, par¨¢, northern brazil. it differs from the other two described species of the genus by its color pattern, which consists of large roundish black blotches scattered over a light brown or yellowish ground pigmentation and presence of inconspicuous brown small spots distributed among the large dark spots. the species is further distinguished from s. marmoratus by a higher number of vertebrae and from s. madeira by a shorter postanal length. information about reproductive aspects is provided and larval stages are described and illustrated.
%K neotropical
%K swamp eels
%K new species
%K reproductive strategies
%K larvae.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1679-62252005000300001&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en