On a new species of the genus Moenkhausia Eigenmann (Ostariophysi: Characidae). Author Paulo H. F. Lucinda Author Luiz R. Malabarba Author Ricardo C. Benine text Zootaxa 2007 1525 61 68 http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:96CB9CA2-490F-4953-8EA1-829F25E697C0 journal article z01525p061 96CB9CA2-490F-4953-8EA1-829F25E697C0 [[ Moenkhausia Eigenmann ]] The genus Moenkhausia was erected by Eigenmann (1903) and is currently defined by the presence of premaxillary teeth in two parallel rows, five or more teeth in the inner premaxillary tooth row, a completely pored lateral line, and scaled caudal-fin lobes (see Eigenmann, 1917). Presently, the genus comprises 63 valid species of small characids largely distributed in South America drainages of the Rio Orinoco, Rio Amazonas, Rio Tocantins-Araguaia, Rio Paraguay, Rio Uruguay and Rio Doce. (Lima et al., 2003; Eschmeyer’s Online Catalog of Fishes, 2006).