Guianacara dacrya

[Philippe Burnel]

http://www.ufrgs.br/ni/vol9num1/v09n1a06.pdf

nothing to add, for the time beeing.

Philippe

[Philippe Burnel]

Many, many years ago some guys here in my city maintained a Guianacara sp.
We've called them G. sp. aff owroewefi.
Unfortunatly, we didn't know where they were coming from.
I now think they could be the new species : lacrimal stripe, position and size of the lateral blotch (not really visible on the 1rst picture but visible in tje 2nde one.)
What do you think about that ?

Philippe
sub-adult



adult:

[michi tobler]

Hi all,
we collected the species a couple of years ago. Pretty habitats, pretty fish;)



Cheers, m

[cichla]

Hi All,
where did you caught the species, Michi?
What about the population from the lower Essequibo? The specimens which I collected there in the early 90s looks pretty similar to dacrya and the specimens photographed by Philippe.
Greetings, IS

[michi tobler]

Hi Ingo,
habitat shows and specimens were taken in the Sawariwau River (Takutu drainage).
Cheers, m

[DRE]

Very interesting. I think there might be even more species in this area.

[DRE]

Anyone that knows how to contact the authors?

[Mark Smith]

At the bottom of the first page of the paper, there is an address and e-mail for the first author, and just an address for the second author.

[DRE]

Thanks,
The first thing you get blind on is your eyes as we say in Sweden.

[Mark Smith]

True. It does happen to us all...

[cichla]

Dear all,
1)Thank you, Michi. The collecting site is pretty far away from the “civilization”. The river is also mentioned in the description of the new species dacrya.
2)In 1989, Kullander & Nijssen mentioned that it is possible that sphenozona occurs in Guyanan rivers (Essequibo) as well. But the specimens from Rock Stone (at least these ones which we collected there) differs from sphenozona species by the flank bar. The specimens looks more similar to dacrya and to the specimens photographed by Philippe (see above) . Anyhow, differences are very small and all species are similar. What do you think? Which species occours in the lower Essequibo?
Greetings, IS