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Pisces, Gymnotiformes, Hypopomidae, <i>Brachyhypopomus</i> Mago-Leccia, 1994: First country record of three species of the genus, Argentina

  • Almiron, A.,
  • Casciotta, J.,
  • Ciotek, L.,
  • Giorgis, P.,
  • Soneira, P.,
  • Diaz, F. R.

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 4
pp. 572 – 575

Abstract

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Brachyhypopomus bombilla, B. draco and B. gauderio are recorded for the first time in freshwaters of Argentina.These species were collected in the Río Paraná basin at the Iberá Wetlands and Pre-Delta National Park. Brachyhypopomusbombilla, B. draco and B. gauderio can be sympatric and syntopic in Pre-Delta National Park, whereas B. bombilla andB. gauderio occupy the same environments in the Iberá Wetlands. Some records of B. brevirostris for Argentina aremisidentifications of B. gauderio, whereas others could correspond to one of these three species.