Apteronotidae

Donascimiento, Carlos, Cárdenas-Bautista, Johann-Stephens, Acosta, Kevin Giancarlo Borja, González-Alvarado, Arturo & Medina, Claudia A., 2016, Illustrated and online catalog of type specimens of freshwater fishes in the Colección de Peces Dulceacuícolas of Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH-P), Colombia, Zootaxa 4171 (3), pp. 401-438 : 402-405

Apteronotidae

Adontosternarchus nebulosus Lundberg & Cox Fernandes, 2007: 28 , figs. 1–2.

Paratypes ( Fig. 2 ). IAvH-P 8585 (2, 91.6–106.0 mm TL). Brazil, Amazonas, Amazon River Basin, rio Solimões , below rio Purus , collected with 3 m bottom trawl, 03°35’51.4”S, 61°07’40.8”W; M. Toledo-Piza et al., 31 Jul 1996.

Apteronotus eschmeyeri de Santana, Maldonado-Ocampo, Severi & Mendes, 2004: 410 , figs. 1–2. Paratypes ( Fig. 3 ). IAvH-P 3304 (8, 159.8– 286.3 mm TL). Colombia, Tolima, Honda , Magdalena River basin, río Magdalena, 05°15’N 74°50’W; J. A. Maldonado-Ocampo, 23 Feb 2003.

Apteronotus galvisi de Santana, Maldonado-Ocampo & Crampton, 2007: 118 , fig. 1. Holotype ( Fig. 4 ). IAvH-P 8133 (1, 184.4 mm TL). Colombia, Casanare, Tauramena, Orinoco River Basin, río Meta drainage, río Cusiana , bridge El Venado, on road Yopal-Pore, 05°00’50”N 72°41’30.9”W, elevation 305 m ; J. Bogotá et al., 11 Apr 2006.

Remarks: this specimen came from IAvH-P 8130.

Paratypes. IAvH-P 8129 (6, 130.4– 174.2 mm TL). Colombia, Casanare, Yopal, Orinoco River Basin, río Meta drainage, quebrada La Aguatoca at bridge on road to Morro, 05°26’21.2”N 72°27’09.7”W, elevation 357 m; J . Bogotá et al., 10 Apr 2006.

Remarks: 6 paratypes cited in original description, 1 specimen with tail broken (151.0 mm TL), 1 additional specimen cataloged in the same lot and damaged in the anterior region (137.8 mm TL); total length of smaller specimen in this lot different from that reported in original description (125.0 mm TL).

IAvH-P 8130 (2, 97.5–99.2 mm TL). Collected with holotype.

IAvH-P 8131 (2, 124.8– 162.6 mm TL). Colombia, Casanare, Orinoco River Basin, río Meta drainage, río Pauto at bridge on road to Yopal-Pore , 05°33’44”N 72°08’44”W, elevation 306 m ; J. Bogotá et al., 12 Apr 2006.

IAvH-P 8132 (2, 98.3–158.4 mm TL). Colombia, Casanare, Sabanalarga, Orinoco River Basin, río Meta drainage, río Upía at bridge on road to Sisga , 04°49’09.4”N 73°04’57.6”W, elevation 327 m ; J. Bogotá et al., 14 Apr 2006. IAvH-P 8167 (3, 170.6– 189.8 mm TL) . Colombia, Casanare, Yopal, Orinoco River Basin, río Meta drainage, río Cravo Sur at suspension bridge, 05°25’37.6”N 72°27’11.6”W, elevation 424 m ; J. Bogotá et al., 10 Apr 2006.

Apteronotus milesi de Santana & Maldonado-Ocampo, 2005: 224 , figs. 1–2.

Holotype ( Fig. 5 ). IAvH-P 3996 (160.4 mm TL). Colombia, Valle del Cauca, Ansermanuevo, Hacienda El Amparo , Cauca River Basin, río Chanco , 04°46’N 75°58’W, elevation 950 m; A. Ortega, 18 Mar 2002. Paratypes . IAvH-P 3997 (9, 108.0– 211.4 mm TL). Collected with holotype.

Remarks: 13 paratypes cited in original description, 4 specimens unaccounted for; total length of smaller specimen in this lot different from that reported in original description (125.0 mm TL).

Figures

FIGURE 2. Paratype of Adontosternarchus nebulosus, IAvH-P 8585, 106.0 mm TL (scale bar = 1 cm). Photograph by M. H. Sabaj Pérez.

FIGURE 3. Paratypes of Apteronotus eschmeyeri, IAvH-P 3304, male, 286.0 mm TL (above); female, 241.4 mm TL (below) (scale bar = 1 cm). Photograph by C. DoNascimiento.

FIGURE 4. Holotype of Apteronotus galvisi, IAvH-P 8133, 184.4 mm TL (scale bar = 1 cm). Photograph by C. DoNascimiento.

FIGURE 5. Holotype of Apteronotus milesi, IAvH-P 3996, 160.4 mm TL (scale bar = 1 cm). Photograph by S. J. Raredon.