PROBLEMA EN EL NUMERO DE PARCHES DE CIRROS NUCALES EN PECES DEL GENERO CALLICLINUS GILL 1860 (OSTEICHTHYES, LABRISOMIDAE) PROBLEMS IN THE AMOUNT OF CEPHALIC CIRRI PATCHES IN FISHES OF GENUS CALLICLINUS GILL 1860 (OSTEICHTHYES, LABRISOMIDAE)

La existencia de peces del género Calliclinus con menos de tres parches de cirros nucales genera problemas sistemáticos y taxonómicos, especialmente confusión con el género Auchenionchus Gill, uno de cuyos caracteres diagnósticos indica dos parches. Se analiza el problema con 543 ejemplares y se concluye que pese a este problema, los taxa descritos son válidos The existence of fishes of the genus Calliclinus with less than three patches of nape cirri, produce systematic and taxonomic problems, mainly confussion with the genus Auchenionchus Gill, in which one of the diagnostic characteristics is to have two patches. The problem is analyzed on the basis of 543 specimens. The main conclusion is that both described taxa are valid, in spite of this problem