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Salpynx amapaensis (Mattos, Costa & Gama, 2008)

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Description: Salpynx amapaensis is a very small species and is described from three drainages of the Brazilian Amazon: Jari, Amapari and Araguari. It is distimguished from other congeners by having nostril barbel long, reaching the posterior margin of the eye, cranial fontanel absent, and the anterior portion of the palatine with a small ossification. It seems to be mostly related to A. pulex, with which it shares a scythe-shaped lachrymal with an anterior facet and a short ventro-latterly directed process in the palatine. Dorsal soft rays (total): 5; Anal soft rays: 4; Vertebrae: 29 - 31. This species is distinguished by having a slender and long quadrate with greatest depth about 30% of the length of its main axis; compared to its congeners, it has a long nostril barbel, reaching the posterior margin of the eyes (vs. reaching anterior margin), no cranial fontanel (vs. present), anterior part of palatine with small ossification (vs. none). Etymology: The genus name Salpynx: sálpinx, a trumpet-like instrument of Ancient Greece, referring to Rio Trombetas (Portuguese for trumpets), type locality of S. trombetensis, type species (the use of “y” is intended to avoid allusion to a similar medical-anatomical term). The specific name amapaensis: –ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Estado do Amapá, Brazil, type locality. Remarks: Can sometimes be found on online searches as the synonym, Ammoglanis amapaensis.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

Ammoglanis amapaensis

Family:

Trichomycteridae

Distribution:

South America: Drainages of the Brazilian Amazon: Jari, Amapari and Araguari.

Size:

2.0cm. (¾ins)

Temp:

25 -28°c (77-83°f.)

p.H.

6.0-7.0.

IUCN Red List

Ammoglanis (Salpynx) amapaensis is endemic to Brazil and was recently described based on a few specimens collected in the Tumucumaque National Park, in Amapá. Despite having an apparently restricted geographic distribution, no significant threats have been detected. For these reasons, Ammoglanis (Salpynx) amapaensis was categorised as Least Concern (LC), (IUCN 2022).

Reference:

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2019. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, ( 08/2019 ).
Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ICMBio). 2022. Ammoglanis (Salpynx) amapaensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.
Mattos, J.L.O., W.J.E.M. Costa and C. de S. Gama, 2008. A new miniature species of Ammoglanis (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from the Brazilian Amazon. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 19(2):161-166.
The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.

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