A new characid fish, Hyphessobrycon hexastichos (Characiformes: Characidae) from Chapada dos Parecis, Mato Grosso, Brazil

This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Bertaco, Vinicius A., Carvalho, Tiago P. (2005): A new characid fish, Hyphessobrycon hexastichos (Characiformes: Characidae) from Chapada dos Parecis, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology 3 (3): 439-443, DOI: 10.1590/S1679-62252005000300013, URL: scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252005000300013&lng=en&tlng=en A new characid species, Hyphessobrycon hexastichos, is described from the upper rio Tapajós, Mato Grosso, Brazil.

The new species is distinguished from all other Hyphessobrycon species by the presence of black zigzag longitudinal lines between longitudinal rows of scales in the lateral of body, maxilla with 3-5 teeth, i, 6 pelvic-fin rays, 18-22 branched anal-fin rays, 4 scale rows above and 3 scale rows below of lateral line, lateral line with 9-13 perforated scales, and 33-35 scales in a longitudinal series. Uma nova espécie de caracídeo, Hyphessobrycon hexastichos é descrita para alto rio Tapajós, Mato Grosso, Brasil.