Abstract
Knodus ytuanama, new species, is described from the upper rio Juruena, rio Tapajós drainage, Amazon basin, Mato Grosso, Brazil. The new species differs from its congeners by presenting the interradial membranes of the caudal fin thickened, forming folds, and also differs from most congeners by the presence of a dark, wide midlateral stripe extending from the posterior margin of opercle to the middle caudal-fin rays, the absence of a humeral blotch in adults, and by having four rows of scales between the lateral line and the pelvic-fin origin, among another features. We also provide a discussion on the presence of membranous flaps on the fins as an adaptation for living in fast-water environments in Knodus ytuanama n. sp. as well as in a congener, K. tiquiensis.
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