A new species of Acestridium Haseman, 1911 (Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae) from the Eastern Amazon basin, Brazil

This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Rodriguez, Mónica S., Reis, Roberto E. (2007): A new species of Acestridium Haseman, 1911 (Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae) from the Eastern Amazon basin, Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology 5 (4): 429-434, DOI: 10.1590/S1679-62252007000400001, URL: scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252007000400001&lng=en&tlng=en Acestridium triplax, new species, is described from the Amazon River basin in Pará State, Brazil.

The new species can be distinguished from all its congeners by having one series of middle abdominal plates between the lateral abdominal plates (vs no abdominal plates between the lateral abdominal plates). Acestridium triplax, nova espécie, é descrito do rio Amazonas, Estado do Pará, Brasil. A espécie nova pode ser distinta de todas as suas congêneres por possuir uma série de placas abdominais médias entre as placas abdominais laterais (vs sem placas abdominais médias entre as placas abdominais laterais).