Group in Iguazu River
Group of Gymnogeophagus taroba in Iguazu River, Paraná drainage at Iguazú waterfalls [Argentina]. Foto von Cesar Gabriel Schmitke. (13-März-2021).

Familie
Cichlidae

Unterfamilie
Cichlinae

Tribus
Geophagini

Gattung
Gymnogeophagus


Zuletzt aktualisiert am :
06-Jan.-2018

Gymnogeophagus taroba Casciotta, Almirón, Piálek & Říčan, 2017


06-Jan.-2018 — A new species of Gymnogeophagus has been described
Von Juan Miguel Artigas Azas

A new species of Gymnogeophagus: G. taroba in the Gymnogeophagus rhabdotus group of species has been described by Jorge Cassiota, Adriana Almirón, Lubomir Piálek and Oldřich Říčan. The new species is established as different from the other species in the Gymnogeophagus rhabdotus group (G. terrapurpura, G. rhabdotus, G. meridionalis, G. setequedas and G. che) by the pigmentation of the dorsal fin, which lacks dorsal fin markings in the spiny section, plus some other combination of color marking differences. A new G. setequedas group is also proposed to G. setequedas, G. che and the new species. The new species is endemic to the lower río Iguazú basin above the Iguazú falls in Argentina and it is separated from the two other species in its group by the largest of the Cataratas del Iguazú waterfalls, with a height of 72 m.

Casciotta, Jorge & A. Almirón, L. Piálek, O. Rícan. 2017. "Gymnogeophagus taroba (Teleostei: cichlidae), a new species from the Río Iguazú basin, Misiones, Argentina". Historia Natural - Tercera Serie. 7(2):5-22 (crc08360) (Kurzfassung)