<strong>Four new species of <em>Hisonotus </em>(Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the upper rio Uruguay, southeastern South America, with a review of the genus in the rio Uruguay basin</strong>

TIAGO P. CARVALHO; ROBERTO E. REIS

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2113.1.1

Issue: Vol. 2113 No. 1: 20 May. 2009

Type: Article

Published: 2009-05-20

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2113.1.1

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**Four new species of Hisonotus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the upper rio Uruguay, southeastern South America, with a review of the genus in the rio Uruguay basin**

TIAGO P. CARVALHO⁺⁻
ROBERTO E. REIS⁺⁻

Department of Biology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, P.O. Box 42451. Lafayette, LA 70504, USA

Laboratório de Sistemática de Vertebrados, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, P. O. Box 1429, 90619-900 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

Fish Catfishes Hypoptopomatinae Neotropical Taxonomy Biogeography Endemism Epactionotus

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Abstract

Four new species of Hisonotus are described from the upper course of the rio Uruguay basin in Brazil: Hisonotus iota from the rio Chapecó drainage; Hisonotus leucophrys from rio Rancho Grande and rio Ariranhas; Hisonotus megaloplax from the rio Passo Fundo drainage; and Hisonotus montanus from the rio Canoas drainage. The species Epactionotus aky, described from the arroyo Yabotí-Guazú drainage in Argentina, is transferred to Hisonotus and rediagnosed. Hisonotus candombe is considered a junior synonym of H. ringueleti. The new taxa, together with H. nigricauda, H. ringueleti, H. charrua, and H. aky represent the genus Hisonotus in the rio Uruguay basin. A taxonomic key for Hisonotus in the rio Uruguay basin is provided. Their distributions are discussed under biogeographic patterns previously proposed for the rio Uruguay basin.

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