| 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. | a new species of farlowella is described from el carmen de chucurí in the departamento de santander, western flank of the cordillera oriental, río magdalena basin, colombia. farlowella yarigui n. sp. differs from its congeners in lateral body plate morphology, abdominal cover, cephalic hypertrophied odontodes, and details of coloration. this is the first verifiable record of the genus in the magdalena drainage. aspects of natural history and implications of this finding are provided concerning t ... | 2014 | 24870891 |
| a new species of the catfish genus <i>cordylancistrus</i> (siluriformes, loricariidae) from the sierra nevada de santa marta, colombia. | as a part of an assessment of loricariid catfishes inhabiting the andes of colombia, specimens belonging to an interesting new species were identified. the new species is described herein, and it is tentatively included in the genus cordylancistrus. the new species can be easily distinguished among its congeners by the presence of a unique diagnostic character: a fleshy keel or excrescence, black or dark brown, over the posterior tip of supraoccipital. specimens of the new species were captured ... | 2017 | 29242476 |