Farlowella

Ballen, Gustavo A. & Mojica, José Iván, 2014, A new trans-Andean Stick Catfish of the genus Farlowella Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) with the first record of the genus for the río Magdalena Basin in Colombia, Zootaxa 3765 (2), pp. 134-142 : 140-141

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3765.2.2

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3E5C83F5-508F-41F2-8B3F-1A0C3FD035FE

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5673231

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/275FA33D-FFFB-FFB2-FF7F-23A191A42987

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Farlowella
status

 

Key to the species of Farlowella View in CoL View at ENA from Colombia

The following key is partially modified from Retzer & Page (1996), and based on species reported from Colombia in the literature ( Retzer & Page, 1996; Galvis et al., 1997; Maldonado-Ocampo, et al., 2008).

1 Five rows of anterior lateral plates........................................................................ 2

- Four rows of anterior lateral plates........................................................................ 3

2 Anterior plates on median row hexagonal in shape.................................................... F. gracilis View in CoL

- Anterior plates on median row diamond-shaped...................................................... F. nattereri View in CoL

3 Two complete rows of plates on abdomen.................................................................. 4

- Three complete rows of plates on abdomen................................................................. 9

4 Anterior plates on median row diamond-shaped.................................................. F. yarigui View in CoL n. sp.

- Anterior plates on median row hexagonal in shape.......................................................... 5

5 Very dark vermiculations on head and snout........................................................ F. amazona View in CoL

- No dark vermiculations on head and snout................................................................. 6

6 Head with raised mid-dorsal ridge............................................................ F. colombiensis View in CoL

- Head nearly flat..................................................................................... 7

7 Eyes raised on head, lateral margins of snout nearly straight...................................... F. platorhynchus

- Eyes set at the level of dorsal surface of head, lateral margins of snout noticeably concave............................ 8

8 Breeding odontodes on preorbital ridge............................................................... F. a c us

- No breeding odontodes on preorbital ridge............................................................ F. vittata View in CoL

9 Breeding odontodes on sides of head, plates in second lateral row thickened and forming a keel....................... 10

- Breeding odontodes on sides of head absent, plates in second lateral row normal and not forming a keel.............. 11

10 Adult males with body depth less than snout-mouth length............................................ F. taphorni View in CoL

- Adult males with body depth greater than snout-mouth length........................................ F. curtirostra View in CoL

11 Wide caudal peduncle plates.................................................................. F. oxyrrhyncha

- Narrow caudal peduncle plates.......................................................................... 12

12 Median row of anterior lateral plates diamond-shaped.............................................. F. mariaelenae View in CoL

- Median row of anterior lateral plates hexagonal....................................................... F. s m i t h i

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