%0 Journal Article
%T Astyanax totae, a new characid species (Teleostei: Characidae) from the upper rio Igua£¿u basin, southeastern Brazil
%A Haluch
%A Carolina Ferreira
%A Abilhoa
%A Vin¨ªcius
%J Neotropical Ichthyology
%D 2005
%I Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia
%R 10.1590/S1679-62252005000300005
%X a new species of characid fish, astyanax totae, is described from a small tributary in the upper drainage of the rio igua£¿u, paran¨¢ basin, brazil. the new species is distinct from most species of astyanax by the vertically elongated humeral spot, slightly expanded above the lateral line to posterodorsal margin of opercle, followed by a midlateral dark stripe expanded from the humeral region to the median caudal-fin rays, maxilla with 2 to 5 teeth (usually 3) and 15 to 18 branched anal-fin rays.
%K characiformes
%K neotropical
%K taxonomy
%K astyanax scabripinnis.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1679-62252005000300005&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en