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Issue: Vol. 4109 No. 2: 6 May 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-05-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4109.2.6
Page range: 218–226
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Amblyceps accari, a new species of torrent catfish (Teleostei: Amblycipitidae) from the Western Ghats of India

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pashan, Pune 411 008, India Systematics, Ecology & Conservation Laboratory, Zoo Outreach Organization (ZOO), 96 Kumudham Nagar, Vilankurichi Road, Coimbatore 641 035, India
Center for Taxonomy of Aquatic Animals, Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS), Kochi 682 506, India School of Fisheries Resource Management and Harvest Technology, Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS), Kochi 682 506, India
School of Fisheries Resource Management and Harvest Technology, Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS), Kochi 682 506, India
Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom
Freshwater Fish Siluriformes Tunga River Karnataka Pisces

Abstract

A new species of torrent catfish, Amblyceps accari, is described from the central region of the Western Ghats of India. The new species differs from all its congeners by having 12 branched anal-fin rays (vs. 7–10 in other Amblyceps, rarely 11 in A. tuberculatum). It differs further from all other species of the genus except A. murraystuarti and A. torrentis in having the adipose fin confluent with the dorsal procurrent part of the caudal fin and by the following combination of characters from all its congeners: jaws unequal with lower jaw weakly-projecting, pectoral spine smooth, adipose-fin origin opposite anal-fin origin, dorsal fin to adipose-fin distance more than one fourth of standard length, adipose fin long with its base more than one-fourth of standard length, and deeply forked caudal fin with minute, poorly developed, centrally projecting hooks on the proximal lepidotrichia of central caudal-fin rays. The discovery of the new species represents the first record of this genus from peninsular India.

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