Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e4162 OO) doi: 10.3897/BDJ.3.e4162 open access Taxonomic Paper A preliminary inventory of the catfishes of the lower Rio Nhamunda, Brazil (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes) Rupert A. Collins?, Emanuell Duarte Ribeiro*$, Valéria Nogueira Machado*!, Tomas Hrbek?, Izeni Pires Fariast + Laboratdério de Evolugao e Genética Animal, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Manaus, Brazil § Programa de Pds-Graduagaéo em Genética Conservagdo e Biologia Evolutiva, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia, Manaus, Brazil | Programa de Pos-Graduagao em Biodiversidade e Biotecnologia, Instituto de Ciéncias Biologicas, Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Manaus, Brazil Corresponding author: Rupert A. Collins (rupertcollins@gmail.com) Academic editor: John Friel Received: 15 Oct 2014 | Accepted: 25 Apr 2015 | Published: 29 Apr 2015 Citation: Collins R, Duarte Ribeiro E, Nogueira Machado V, Hrbek T, Farias | (2015) A preliminary inventory of the catfishes of the lower Rio Nnamunda, Brazil (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes). Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e4162. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.3.e4162 Abstract The Rio Nhamunda is a poorly-known clearwater river draining the southern Guiana Shield of Brazil. In this study we report the findings of a preliminary ichthyological survey, focusing on catfishes (Siluriformes). We identify a total of 36 species (31 genera, seven families) from the Nhamunda, including 11 species already recorded from the river. Overall, our survey results show that even rapid surveys can provide important information on Amazon fish biodiversity, suggesting potential new species, providing range extensions for nominal species, and additionally highlighting taxa in need of taxonomic revision and genetic study. As well as the traditional forms of data collected on biodiversity surveys (i.e. preserved specimen vouchers), our study also provides "new" types of data in the form of DNA barcodes and images of fishes exhibiting colouration in life, information that will be invaluable in future work addressing difficult groups. © Collins R et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. 2 Collins R et al. O Rio Nhamunda é€ um rio de agua clara, pouco conhecido, que drena parte do Escudo das Guianas em territorio brasileiro. Nesse estudo, nos reportamos os resultados de um levantamento _ictiofaunistico preliminar dessa area, tendo como foco os_ bagres (Siluriformes). Nos identificamos um total de 36 espécies (31 géneros, sete familias) provenientes de nossa coleta, e adicionamos 11 espécies ja conhecidas para o rio. De maneira geral, os resultados de nossa pesquisa mostram que mesmo levantamentos rapidos podem gerar informagoes importantes sobre a biodiversidade de peixes amazonicos, sugerindo potenciais espécies novas, ampliando a area de distribuigao de especies, aleém de apontar a necessidade de revisdes taxonémicas e estudos genéticos para alguns taxa. Para alem das formas tradicionais de dados coletados em pesquisas de biodiversidade (i.e. especimes preservados), nosso estudo fornece "novas" formas de dados, como DNA barcodes e imagens com o padrao de coloragao dos espécimes vivos, informagdes essas que serao de valor inestimavel para futuros estudos que abordem grupos taxondmicos dificeis. Keywords Biodiversity, Ichthyology, Checklist, Amazon, Guiana Shield Introduction The Rio Nhamunda is one of the south-draining Guiana Shield tributaries of the Rio Amazonas, Brazil. The river is located between the Uatuma-Jatapu and Trombetas rivers (Fig. 1), and comprises the administrative border between Amazonas and Para States. Chemically, the Rio Nnamunda is of the clearwater type (Carvalho de Lima and Araujo- Lima 2004), being poor in sediments, dissolved minerals, and humic compounds (Crampton 2011). The ichthyofauna of the southern Guiana Shield rivers is poorly known in comparison to the northern Brazilian Shield rivers (Lujan and Armbruster 2011), and few scientific collections appear to have been made in the area (Vari et al. 2009). One exception is the Trombetas river, which has been extensively surveyed over several years (Ferreira 1993). Aquarium hobbyists have, however, explored parts of the Rio Nnamunda in search of new discus (Cichlidae: Symphysodon spp.) variants (Bleher 2006), and ornamental fishermen currently operate on the river and specialise mainly in the catching of these discus (pers. obs.). The aim of this study is to assess our current knowledge of Siluriformes (catfishes) of the Rio Nhamunda, and to report the results of a preliminary survey of the lower reaches of the river (i.e. downstream of the last major cataracts). A preliminary inventory of the catfishes of the lower Rio Nnamunda, Brazil ... 3 Rio|Madeira 7 é >. - y - i \ 1 Ry : house discus before resale, with terrestrial plants overhanging to provide shade for the discus. Sampling site NH12 comprised a rocky outcrop at the base of a hill (Fig. 4c). Rocks at NH12 were of a soft red lateritic type, and formed piles of large and small boulders above and below the water. Substrate at this site otherwise comprised fine sand and sediment, and water movement was minimal. Sampling site NH10 comprised a sandy beach of the Rio Paratucu, a right-hand tributary of the lower Rio Nnamunda. Figure 3. Images of the Rio Nnhamunda showing the two distinctive environment types. a: Narrow upstream section near sample site NHO5. b: Lake-like lower section at the town of Nhamunda, near sample site NHO1. Sampling site NHO4 comprised a fairly typical representation of the upstream section of the river, mainly characterised by the presence of woody debris (Fig. 4d), i.e. fallen trees of varying states of decomposition (Fig. 4e). The river margin substrate was clay/soil, and water movement was moderate to strong depending on how exposed the trunks were to the main river current. Water temperature here was 28.9°C (daytime). Rocky habitats were uncommon in the upstream section of the river, with two exceptions being sampling sites NH05 (Fig. 4f) and NHO8. These comprised two shallow areas of fast flowing water over a substrate of eroded bedrock and sand, forming a network of vertical fissures and crevices. Water temperature at NHO5 was 28.3°C (night). Measurements and meristic techniques Measurements of preserved material were taken with dial callipers to a precision of 0.1 mm. All measurements and counts for symmetrical features were taken from the left side of the specimen. For loricariids, measurements and meristic counts follow Armbruster (2003), and terminology for lateral plate rows follows Schaefer (1997). Terminology of colour pattern follows Kottelat and Freyhof (2007). Specimen identification We used published literature to identify the specimens collected during our fieldwork, and we also provide here the characters found in those references that we used to make each identification. The identifications of the specimens from the INPA collection were also 6 Collins R et al. cross-checked. When required, we examined photographs of type material on the All Species Catfish Inventory Web page ( ). a Figure 4. Habitat descriptions of sampling locations. a: Exposed laterite boulders at sampling site NHO1. b: Underwater view of rocks and substrate at sampling site NHO1. c: Exposed laterite boulders at sampling site NH12. d: River near sampling site NH04. e: Underwater view of woody substrates at sampling site NH04 (with Peckoltia cf. vittata visible). f: Fast current flowing over exposed bedrock at sampling site NHO8. We try to keep terminology consistent across species, but also attempt to maintain a degree of agreement with original authors’ work in order to aid in referring back to their A preliminary inventory of the catfishes of the lower Rio Nnamunda, Brazil ... 7 characters. For example, when reporting the Farlowella, we refer to the "scutes" of Retzer and Page (1997) as "plates", following Schaefer (1997), but maintain reference to the "plates of second lateral row" of Retzer and Page (1997) instead of "mid-dorsal lateral plates" of Schaefer (1997). We were conservative in applying names to the specimens collected, i.e. individuals were assigned to nominal species wherever possible, especially in cases where no modern literature for the group was available. In order to differentiate undetermined from undescribed species, we use consistent and informative tag-names following Leschen et al. (2009) for the latter, and simply "sp." for the former. If a putatively undescribed species could be determined as being allied to a nominal species, we used the "aff." qualifier in order to link the record to other collection events and species. For species with significant inter-individual variation and uncertainty in the identification, we used the "cf." qualifier, although we tried to avoid that wherever possible. Molecular methods DNA barcodes were generated for at least one individual per species. Methodology for DNA extraction, PCR and sequencing follows Colatreli et al. (2012), but using primers FishF1 and FishR2 (Ward et al. 2005). Chromatograms were assembled in Geneious (Biomatters 2014) and aligned manually using the translated amino acid sequence. The nucleotide data was uploaded to GenBank in accordance with their DNA barcode submission tool, and comprises accession numbers KP772569:KP772605. We also searched the Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD; hittp://www.boldsystems.org/; search term: "Genus species") and GenBank (http:/Awww.ncbi.nim.nih.gov/nucleotide; search term: "Genus species COI"), in order the evaluate the current coverage of deposited COI sequence data for the fishes we collected (date 20-03-14). Inventory of the catfishes of the Lower Rio Nnhamunda Family Auchenipteridae Ageneiosus sp. "INPA 33873" Material a. taxonRemarks: Undescribed species; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Actinopterygii; order: Siluriformes; family: Auchenipteridae; vernacularName: sp. "INPA 33873"; genus: Ageneijosus; country: Brazil; stateProvince: Para; locality: Lower Nhamunda River; decimalLatitude: -2.23083; decimalLongitude: -56.77306; geodeticDatum: WGS84; eventDate: 2009-09-21; individualCount: 1; catalogNumber: 33873; recordedBy: Raphael Leitao; Henrique Lazzarotto; identifiedBy: R. Frederico; Rupert A. Collins; institutionCode: INPA; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen 8 Collins R et al. Notes: This record of a single specimen from the INPA fish collection comprises an undescribed Ageneiosus species referred to as A. sp. n. "vittatus" by Akama and Ribeiro (2013). Ageneiosus ucayalensis Castelnau, 1855 Material a. scientificName: Ageneiosus ucayalensis Castelnau, 1855; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Actinopterygii; order: Siluriformes; family: Auchenipteridae; genus: Ageneiosus; specificEpithet: ucayalensis; scientificNameAuthorship: Castelnau, 1855; country: Brazil; stateProvince: Para; locality: Lower Nhamunda River; decimalLatitude: -2.23083; decimalLongitude: -56.77306; geodeticDatum: WGS84; eventDate: 2009-09-21; individualCount: 1; catalogNumber: 33875; recordedBy: Raphael Leitao; Henrique Lazzarotto; identifiedBy: R. Frederico; Rupert A. Collins; institutionCode: INPA; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Notes: Record follows data from a single specimen in the collection of fishes at INPA. Auchenipterichthys longimanus (Giinther, 1864) : GenBank KP772595 Material a. scientificName: Auchenipterichthys longimanus (Gunther, 1864); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Actinopterygii; order: Siluriformes; family: Auchenipteridae; genus: Auchenipterichthys; specificEpithet: longimanus; scientificNameAuthorship: (Gunther, 1864); country: Brazil; stateProvince: Para; locality: Lower Nhamunda River; decimalLatitude: -1.84123; decimalLongitude: -57.07212; geodeticDatum: WGS84; eventDate: 2013-11; individualCount: 3; catalogNumber: 43874; recordedBy: Valéria Nogueira Machado; Emanuell Duarte Ribeiro; Rupert A. Collins; otherCatalogNumbers: UFAM:CTGA:14289; UFAM:CTGA:14501; UFAM:CTGA:14502; associatedSequences: KP772595; identifiedBy: Rupert A. Collins; institutionCode: INPA; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Notes: Identification to species level follows Ferraris et al. (2005) based on the following characters: coracoid not exposed ventrally; pelvic fin with nine branched rays; anterior teeth on premaxilla not visible when mouth closed; caudal fin emarginate; and body uniform dark colouration without dark spots. Three individuals were caught by hand from their lodgements in woody substrates at the margin of the main river (Sampling site NHO4). An example of a live specimen is pictured in Fig. 5. A preliminary inventory of the catfishes of the lower Rio Nnamunda, Brazil ... Figure 5. Auchenipterichthys longimanus live colouration (130.0 mm SL; INPA 43874; UFAM:CTGA:14501). Tatia aff. musaica Royero, 1992 GenBank KP772597 Materials a. scientificName: Tatia musaica Royero, 1992; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Actinopterygii; order: Siluriformes; family: Auchenipteridae; genus: Tatia; specificEpithet: musaica; scientificNameAuthorship: Royero, 1992; country: Brazil; stateProvince: Para; locality: Lower Nhamunda River; decimalLatitude: -1.71782; decimalLongitude: -57.36856; geodeticDatum: WGS84; eventDate: 2013-11; individualCount: 3; catalogNumber: 43883; recordedBy: Valéria Nogueira Machado; Emanuell Duarte Ribeiro; Rupert A. Collins; otherCatalogNumbers: UFAM:CTGA:14421; UFAM:CTGA:14038; UFAM:CTGA:14039; identifiedBy: Rupert A. Collins; identificationQualifier: aff. musaica; institutionCode: INPA; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen scientificName: Tatia musaica Royero, 1992; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Actinopterygii; order: Siluriformes; family: Auchenipteridae; genus: Tatia; specificEpithet: musaica; scientificNameAuthorship: Royero, 1992; country: Brazil; stateProvince: Para; locality: Lower Nhamunda River; decimalLatitude: -1.84123; decimalLongitude: -57.07212; geodeticDatum: WGS84; eventDate: 2013-11; individualCount: 4; catalogNumber: 43875; recordedBy: Valéria Nogueira Machado; Emanuell Duarte Ribeiro; Rupert A. Collins; otherCatalogNumbers: UFAM:CTGA:14507; UFAM:CTGA:14508; UFAM:CTGA:14040; UFAM:CTGA:14041; associatedSequences: KP772597; identifiedBy: Rupert A. Collins; identificationQualifier: aff. musaica; institutionCode: INPA; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen scientificName: Tatia musaica Royero, 1992; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Actinopterygii; order: Siluriformes; family: Auchenipteridae; genus: Tatia; specificEpithet: musaica; scientificNameAuthorship: Royero, 1992; country: Brazil; stateProvince: Para; locality: Lower Nhamunda River; decimalLatitude: -2.02386; decimalLongitude: -56.78235; geodeticDatum: WGS84; eventDate: 2013-11; individualCount: 9; catalogNumber: 43867; recordedBy: Valéria Nogueira Machado; Emanuell Duarte Ribeiro; Rupert A. Collins; identifiedBy: Rupert A. Collins; 10 Collins R et al. identificationQualifier: aff. musaica; institutionCode: INPA; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen d. scientificName: Tatia musaica Royero, 1992; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Actinopterygii; order: Siluriformes; family: Auchenipteridae; genus: Tatia; specificEpithet: musaica; scientificNameAuthorship: Royero, 1992; country: Colombia; stateProvince: Guainia; locality: Lower Atabapo River; decimalLatitude: 4.02883; decimalLongitude: -67.70458; geodeticDatum: WGS84; eventDate: 2014-05; individualCount: 3; catalogNumber: 14031; 14032; 14033; recordedBy: Tomas Hrbek; José Gregorio Martinez; Joiciane Gongalves Farias; associatedSequences: KP772569; KP772570; KP772571:; identifiedBy: Rupert A. Collins; institutionCode: UFAM; collectionCode: CTGA; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen e. scientificName: Tatia musaica Royero, 1992; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Actinopterygii; order: Siluriformes; family: Auchenipteridae; genus: Tatia; specificEpithet: musaica; scientificNameAuthorship: Royero, 1992; country: Brazil; stateProvince: Para; locality: Lower Nhamunda River; decimalLatitude: -2.00111; decimalLongitude: -56.51889; geodeticDatum: WGS84; eventDate: 2009-09-22; individualCount: 36; catalogNumber: 35086; recordedBy: Raphael Leitaéo; Henrique Lazzarotto; identifiedBy: Raphael Leitao; Rupert A. Collins; identificationQualifier: aff. musaica; institutionCode: INPA; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Notes: Identification as a possibly undescribed species similar to Jatia musaica, follows Royero (1992), Sarmento-Soares and Martins-Pinheiro (2008), Vari and Ferraris (2013), and Vari and Calegari (2014) based on the following characters: strongly contrasting dorsal (black) and ventral (white) colour pattern, with irregular lateral pigmentation extending nearly to ventrum; pigmentation extending onto caudal fin lobes as medial stripes; pigmented dorsal-fin spine; bifid third nuchal plate; and long post-cleithral process surpassing the nuchal plates. Specifically, our specimens differ from 7. musaica as described by Royero (1992) (images can be found on the All Species Catfish Inventory Web page; hiip:// acsi.acnatsci.org/base/image list.html?mode=genus&genus=Tatia) in at least two aspects: unpigmented area dorso-posteriorly to the orbit (slightly elongated and smaller than orbit diameter); and third nuchal plate larger and unpigmented (including some of the surrounding skin). Our examination of topotypic T. musaica material from the Rio Atabapo of Colombia/Venezuela confirm these differences, in addition to a 5.2% COl sequence divergence (32 mutations over 615 bp). Our Nnamunda specimens are also similar to Tatia melanoleuca as described by Vari and Calegari (2014), but differ from this species mainly in respect to the distribution of dark pigmentation on the caudal fin, dorsal-fin spine, and lateral surfaces. Sixteen individuals were caught either by hand from their lodgements in woody substrates (sampling sites NHO4 and NHO8), or more effectively using a hand net at the surface after attracting insects—on which they were feeding—with a light (sampling site NH12); under such conditions they appeared abundant on the lower Nhamunda. An example of a live specimen is pictured in Fig. 6. A preliminary inventory of the catfishes of the lower Rio Nnamunda, Brazil ... 11 Figure 6. Tatia aff. musaica live colouration (47.8 mm SL; INPA 43875; UFAM:CTGA:14508). Two lots of Centromochlus from the INPA fish collection were collected from the Rio Nhamunda. Both were out on loan at the time of this study and could not be examined here, but the first—36 specimens of Centromochlus sp. "orca" (INPA 35086)—contains a fish clearly conspecific with our 7. aff. musaica based on the assigned tag name, and so we have included this lot under our 7. aff. musaica. We were unsure of the identity of the second—a record of a Centromochlus sp. "pigmento" (INPA 35087) referred to by Sarmento-Soares et al. (2013) as Centromochlus sp.—and so have not included this species in the checklist. Tatia nigra Sarmento-Soares & Martins-Pinheiro, 2008 GenBank KP772596 Material a. scientificName: Tatia nigra Sarmento-Soares & Martins-Pinheiro, 2008; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Actinopterygii; order: Siluriformes; family: Auchenipteridae; genus: Jatia; specificEpithet: nigra; scientificNameAuthorship: Sarmento-Soares & Martins-Pinheiro, 2008; country: Brazil; stateProvince: Para; locality: Lower Nhamunda River; decimalLatitude: -1.84123; decimalLongitude: -57.07212; geodeticDatum: WGS84; eventDate: 2013-11; individualCount: 4; catalogNumber: 43876; recordedBy: Valéria Nogueira Machado; Emanuell Duarte Ribeiro; Rupert A. Collins; otherCatalogNumbers: UFAM:CTGA:14503; UFAM:CTGA:14504; UFAM:CTGA:14505; UFAM:CTGA:14506; associatedSequences: KP772596; identifiedBy: Rupert A. Collins; institutionCode: INPA; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Notes: Identification to species level follows Sarmento-Soares and Martins-Pinheiro (2008) based on the following characters: short post-cleithral process (about 60% of head length) not reaching vertical through origin of dorsal fin; and body colouration dark brown. Four individuals were caught by hand from their lodgements in woody substrates at the margin of the main river (sampling site NHO4). The species was also observed in rocky habitats (sampling sites NHO8 and NH12), but were more difficult to catch in this situation. An example of a live specimen is pictured in Fig. 7. 12 Collins R et al. Figure 7. Tatia nigra live colouration (101.0 mm SL; INPA 43876; UFAM:CTGA:14503). Trachycorystes trachycorystes (Valenciennes, 1840) GenBank KP772586 Material a. scientificName: Trachycorystes trachycorystes (Valenciennes, 1840); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Actinopterygii; order: Siluriformes; family: Auchenipteridae; genus: Trachycorystes; specificEpithet: trachycorystes; scientificNameAuthorship: (Valenciennes, 1840); country: Brazil; stateProvince: Para; locality: Lower Nhamunda River; decimalLatitude: -1.67511; decimalLongitude: -57.47678; geodeticDatum: WGS84; eventDate: 2013-11; individualCount: 2; catalogNumber: 43897; recordedBy: Valéria Nogueira Machado; Emanuell Duarte Ribeiro; Rupert A. Collins; otherCatalogNumbers: UFAM:CTGA:14428; UFAM:CTGA:14429; associatedSequences: KP772586; identifiedBy: Rupert A. Collins; institutionCode: INPA; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Notes: Identification to species level follows Britski and Akama (2011) based on the following characters: lower jaw prognathus; skull roof covered by thin integument; inner mental barbel reaching base of outer mental barbel; dorsal-fin spine serrated only along anterior margin; and caudal fin emarginate (our specimens had suffered damage to the lobes of the caudal fin, presumably due to piranhas). Two individuals were caught at night using gill nets set in the margins of the main river. An example of a live specimen is pictured in Fig. 8. A preliminary inventory of the catfishes of the lower Rio Nnamunda, Brazil ... 13 Figure 8. Trachycorystes trachycorystes live colouration (305.00 mm _ SL; INPA 43897; UFAM:CTGA:14429). Image flipped horizontally. Family Doradidae Astrodoras asterifrons (Kner, 1853) GenBank KP772601 Material a. scientificName: Astrodoras asterifrons (Kner, 1853); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Actinopterygii; order: Siluriformes; family: Doradidae; genus: Astrodoras; specificEpithet: asterifrons; scientificNameAuthorship: (Kner, 1853); country: Brazil; stateProvince: Para; locality: Lower Nhamunda River; decimalLatitude: -2.02386; decimalLongitude: -56.78235; geodeticDatum: WGS84; eventDate: 2013-11; individualCount: 2; catalogNumber: 43868; recordedBy: Valéria Nogueira Machado; Emanuell Duarte Ribeiro; Rupert A. Collins; otherCatalogNumbers: UFAM:CTGA:14539; UFAM:CTGA:14540; associatedSequences: KP772601; identifiedBy: Rupert A. Collins; institutionCode: INPA; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Notes: Identification to species level follows Sousa (2010) based on the following characters: flattened body shape; upper limit of pre-opercular canal not reaching lateral border of the cranium; seven branched rays in the dorsal lobe of the caudal fin; dorsal margin of the orbit high; procurrent rays of the caudal fin expanded into bony shields; and diverticula of the swim bladder simple, with tapered rear end. Two individuals were caught by hand-net at night over a sandy/silty substrate (sampling site NH12). An example of a live specimen is pictured in Fig. 9. 14 Collins R et al. Figure 9. Astrodoras asterifrons live colouration (69.7 mm SL; INPA 43868; UFAM:CTGA:14540) Hassar orestis (Steindachner, 1875) Notes: Record follows data from Birindelli et al. (2011). Ossancora asterophysa Birindelli & Sabaj Pérez, 2011 Notes: Record follows data from Birindelli and Sabaj Perez (2011). Scorpiodoras heckelii (Kner, 1855) . GenBank KP772600 Material a. scientificName: Scorpiodoras heckelii (Kner, 1855); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Actinopterygii; order: Siluriformes; family: Doradidae; genus: Scorpiodoras; specificEpithet: heckelii; scientificNameAuthorship: (Kner, 1855); country: Brazil; stateProvince: Para; locality: Lower Nnamunda River; decimalLatitude: -1.99702; decimalLongitude: -57.03758; geodeticDatum: WGS84; eventDate: 2013-11; individualCount: 1; catalogNumber: 43872; recordedBy: Valéria Nogueira Machado; Emanuell Duarte Ribeiro; Rupert A. Collins; otherCatalogNumbers: UFAM:CTGA:14538; associatedSequences: KP772600; identifiedBy: Rupert A. Collins; institutionCode: INPA; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Notes: Identification to species level for this specimen could not be adequately made using morphological characters due to the small size of the immature specimen. However, rather than exclude the individual, we compared the DNA barcodes to the COI sequences presented by Arce et al. (2013) in their doradid phylogeny. The specimen clustered with, and was 1.36% divergent from (seven mutations in 516 bp), Scorpiodoras heckelii (GenBank KC555695), and is most likely conspecific given the known distribution of the species and its congeners (Sousa and Birindelli 2011). One individual was caught by hand-net on the Rio Paratucu (sampling site NH10). This specimen is pictured in Fig. 10. A preliminary inventory of the catfishes of the lower Rio Nnamunda, Brazil ... 15 Figure 10. Scorpiodoras heckelii juvenile, live colouration (30.1 mm _ SL; INPA 43872; UFAM:CTGA:14538). Family Heptapteridae Goeldiella eques (Miller & Troschel, 1849) ‘ GenBank KP772599 Material a. scientificName: Goeldiella eques (Miller & Troschel, 1849); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Actinopterygii; order: Siluriformes; family: Heptapteridae; genus: Goeldiella; specificEpithet: eques; scientificNameAuthorship: (Muller & Troschel, 1849); country: Brazil; stateProvince: Para; locality: Lower Nhamunda River; decimalLatitude: -1.99702; decimalLongitude: -57.03758; geodeticDatum: WGS84; eventDate: 2013-11; individualCount: 1; catalogNumber: 43873; recordedBy: Valéria Nogueira Machado; Emanuell Duarte Ribeiro; Rupert A. Collins; otherCatalogNumbers: UFAM:CTGA:14537; associatedSequences: KP772599; identifiedBy: Rupert A. Collins; institutionCode: INPA; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Notes: Identification to species level follows Eigenmann and Norris (1900) and Eigenmann (1912) based on the following characters: rounded caudal fin with larger lower lobe; distinct cranial fontanelle; maxillary barbels long, extending to caudal (extended only to caudal peduncle in our specimen); dorsal spine notched anteriorly; dark stripe along lateral line (in our specimen this comprised just a elongated blotch under the dorsal fin); base of caudal with dark bar; and obliquely angled dark saddle behind head (from dorsal insertion to base of opercle); and body and fins irregularly mottled. One individual was caught by hand-net on the Rio Paratucu (sampling site NH10), and delivered a painful sting, confirming that many heptapterids are venomous (Wright 2009). This specimen is pictured in Fig. 11. 16 Collins R et al. Figure 11. Goeldiella eques live colouration (134.0 mm SL; INPA 43873; UFAM:CTGA:14537). Pimelodella sp. GenBank KP772572 Material a. scientificName: Pimelodella; taxonRemarks: Species undetermined; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Actinopterygii; order: Siluriformes; family: Heptapteridae; genus: Pimelodella; country: Brazil; stateProvince: Para; locality: Lower Nhamunda River; decimalLatitude: -1.6909; decimalLongitude: -57.42231; geodeticDatum: WGS84; eventDate: 2013-11; individualCount: 1; catalogNumber: 43890; recordedBy: Valéria Nogueira Machado; Emanuell Duarte Ribeiro; Rupert A. Collins; otherCatalogNumbers: UFAM:CTGA:14290; associatedSequences: KP772572; identifiedBy: Rupert A. Collins; institutionCode: INPA; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Notes: Tentative identification to genus level follows Eigenmann and Eigenmann (1890) and Eigenmann (1917) based on the following characters: occipital process narrow, reaching dorsal plate; fontanel continued to base of occipital process, with bridge above the posterior margin of the eye; dorsal-fin and pectoral-fin spines strong; humeral process spine-like; and dorsal fin with six branched rays. Given the large diversity of the group, and the paucity of modern treatments dealing with heptapterids, we are currently unable to identify this fish to species level, and our genus identification is tentative. Important characters include the caudal fin lobes of approximately equal length, maxillary barbels not surpassing anal fin (left barbel is damaged in our specimen), the complete lack of dark longitudinal stripe, the wedge- shaped mark on the dorsal-fin, and the dark saddle anterior to the dorsal fin. One individual was caught by hand-net on a sandy beach habitat (adjacent to sampling site NHO5). This specimen is pictured in Fig. 12. A preliminary inventory of the catfishes of the lower Rio Nnamunda, Brazil ... 17 Figure 12. Pimelodella sp. live colouration (48.9 mm SL; INPA 43890; UFAM:CTGA:14290). Family Loricariidae Subfamily Hypoptopomatinae Hypoptopoma incognitum Aquino & Schaefer, 2010 . GenBank KP772573 Material a. scientificName: Hypoptopoma incognitum Aquino & Schaefer, 2010; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Actinopterygii; order: Siluriformes; family: Loricariidae; genus: Hypoptopoma; specificEpithet: incognitum; scientificNameAuthorship: Aquino & Schaefer, 2010; country: Brazil; stateProvince: Para; locality: Lower Nhamunda River; decimalLatitude: -2.17525; decimalLongitude: -56.7115; geodeticDatum: WGS84; eventDate: 2013-11; individualCount: 13; catalogNumber: 43865; recordedBy: Valéria Nogueira Machado; Emanuell Duarte Ribeiro; Rupert A. Collins; otherCatalogNumbers: UFAM:CTGA:14306; UFAM:CTGA:14307; UFAM:CTGA:14308; UFAM:CTGA:14309; UFAM:CTGA:14310; associatedSequences: KP772573; identifiedBy: Rupert A. Collins; institutionCode: INPA; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Notes: Identification to species level follows Aquino and Schaefer (2010) based on the following characters: flattened head with eyes placed ventrolaterally and visible from below; laterally expanded nuchal plate; six pairs of lateral abdominal plates posterior to coracoids; thoracic plates present; three midventral plates between cleithral posterior process and first plate of ventral series; anal shield composed of single plate; second infraorbital laterally contacting to two ventral dermal plates; patch of odontodes present on anterolateral aspect of cleithrum at opening to branchial chamber; and caudal fin with series of around three dark bands (irregular in our specimens). Thirteen individuals were caught by hand from submerged terrestrial vegetation (sampling site NHO2). An example of a live specimen is pictured in Fig. 13. 18 Collins R et al. Figure 13. Hypoptopoma incognitum live colouration (83.9 mm SL; INPA 43865; UFAM:CTGA:14310). Subfamily Hypostominae Ancistrus dolichopterus Kner, 1854 GenBank KP772578 GenBank KP772593 Materials a. scientificName: Ancistrus dolichopterus Kner, 1854; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Actinopterygii; order: Siluriformes; family: Loricariidae; genus: Ancistrus; specificEpithet: dolichopterus; scientificNameAuthorship: Kner, 1854; country: Brazil; stateProvince: Para; locality: Lower Nhamunda River; decimalLatitude: -1.84123; decimalLongitude: -57.07212; geodeticDatum: WGS84; eventDate: 2013-11; individualCount: 10; catalogNumber: 43877; recordedBy: Valéria Nogueira Machado; Emanuell Duarte Ribeiro; Rupert A. Collins; otherCatalogNumbers: UFAM:CTGA:14320; UFAM:CTGA:14321; UFAM:CTGA:14322; UFAM:CTGA:14323; UFAM:CTGA:14324; UFAM:CTGA:14489; UFAM:CTGA:14490; UFAM:CTGA:14491; UFAM:CTGA:14492; UFAM:CTGA:14493; associatedSequences: KP772578; KP772593; identifiedBy: Rupert A. Collins; institutionCode: INPA; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen scientificName: Ancistrus dolichopterus Kner, 1854; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Actinopterygii; order: Siluriformes; family: Loricariidae; genus: Ancistrus; specificEpithet: dolichopterus; scientificNameAuthorship: Kner, 1854; country: Brazil; stateProvince: Para; locality: Lower Nhamunda River; decimalLatitude: -2.19081; decimalLongitude: -56.7084; geodeticDatum: WGS84; eventDate: 2013-11; individualCount: 1; catalogNumber: 43861; recordedBy: Valéria Nogueira Machado; Emanuell Duarte Ribeiro; Rupert A. Collins; otherCatalogNumbers: UFAM:CTGA:14549; identifiedBy: Rupert A. Collins; institutionCode: INPA; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Notes: Identification to species level follows Armbruster (2004), and Kner (1854) based on the following characters: three rows of lateral plates on the caudal peduncle; snout naked with fleshy tentacles lacking odontodes; 8-9 branched dorsal-fin rays (three individuals with nine rays and eight individuals with eight rays); and black colour with small white dots (apparent on body and fins in life, but only apparent on abdomen in preserved material). A preliminary inventory of the catfishes of the lower Rio Nnamunda, Brazil ... 19 We note that Ancistrus, and particularly the Amazonian species, are a group in dire need of taxonomic revision. Eleven individuals were caught by hand on both woody (sampling site NH0O4) and rocky substrates (sampling site NHO1). The species appeared abundant throughout the river. An example of a live specimen is pictured in Fig. 14. Figure 14. Ancistrus dolichopterus live colouration (87.8 mm SL; INPA 43877; UFAM:CTGA:14490). Ancistrus sp. "INPA 43862" : GenBank KP772604 Material a. scientificName: Ancistrus; taxonRemarks: Possible undescribed species; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Actinopterygii; order: Siluriformes; family: Loricariidae; taxonRank: genus; vernacularName: sp. "INPA 43862"; genus: Ancistrus; country: Brazil; stateProvince: Para; locality: Lower Nhamunda River; decimalLatitude: -2.19081; decimalLongitude: -56.7084; geodeticDatum: WGS84; eventDate: 2013-11; individualCount: 2; catalogNumber: 43862; recordedBy: Valéria Nogueira Machado; Emanuell Duarte Ribeiro; Rupert A. Collins; otherCatalogNumbers: UFAM:CTGA:14547; UFAM:CTGA:14548; associatedSequences: KP772604; identifiedBy: Rupert A. Collins; institutionCode: INPA; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Notes: Following Armbruster (2004), Kner (1854), Muller et al. (1994), Gunther (1864), Pellegrin (1912), and Eigenmann (1912) we report the following combination of characters allowing a genus-level identification only: three rows of lateral plates on the caudal peduncle; snout naked with fleshy tentacles lacking odontodes; body and head wide and extremely flattened; snout long and pointed; seven branched dorsal-fin rays; six branched pectoral-fin rays; eyes large (orbit diameter approximately 20% of HL) and situated high on the head; narrow gill openings; and colouration black, with small yellow-white dots in life. 20 Collins R et al. Among the superficially similar nominal Ancistrus—e.g. A. dolichopterus Kner, 1854, A. hoplogenys (Gunther, 1864), A. leucostictus (Gunther, 1864), A. /ithurgicus Eigenmann, 1912, A. macrophthalmus (Pellegrin, 1912), and A. ranunculus Muller, Rapp Py-Daniel & Zuanon, 1994—this fish is most similar in the shape of head and eyes to A. macrophthalmus and A. lithurgicus. However, the fish collected from the lower Nhamunda had just three branched anal-fin rays, compared to four for both of these species. More individuals will need to be collected, and further investigation of available names in Ancistrus carried out in order to discover if this indeed represents an undescribed species. Two individuals were caught by hand at night from rocky substrates (sampling site NH01). An example of a live specimen is pictured in Fig. 15. a Figure 15. Ancistrus sp. "INPA 43862" live colouration (93.1 mm SL; INPA 43862; UFAM:CTGA:14547). a: Lateral view. b: Dorsal view showing body shape. Dekeyseria scaphirhyncha (Kner, 1854) GenBank KP772574 Materials a. scientificName: Dekeyseria scaphirhyncha (Kner, 1854); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Actinopterygii; order: Siluriformes; family: Loricariidae; genus: Dekeyseria; specificEpithet: scaphirhyncha; scientificNameAuthorship: (Kner, 1854); country: Brazil; stateProvince: Para; locality: Lower Nnamunda River; decimalLatitude: -1.84123; decimalLongitude: -57.07212; geodeticDatum: WGS84; eventDate: 2013-11; A preliminary inventory of the catfishes of the lower Rio Nnamunda, Brazil ... 21 individualCount: 8; catalogNumber: 43878; recordedBy: Valéria Nogueira Machado; Emanuell Duarte Ribeiro; Rupert A. Collins; otherCatalogNumbers: UFAM:CTGA:14311; UFAM:CTGA:14312; UFAM:CTGA:14313; UFAM:CTGA:14314; UFAM:CTGA:14315; associatedSequences: KP772574; identifiedBy: Rupert A. Collins; institutionCode: INPA; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen b. scientificName: Dekeyseria scaphirhyncha (Kner, 1854); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Actinopterygii; order: Siluriformes; family: Loricariidae; genus: Dekeyseria; specificEpithet: scaphirhyncha; scientificNameAuthorship: (Kner, 1854); country: Brazil; stateProvince: Para; locality: Lower Nhamunda River; decimalLatitude: -1.71782; decimalLongitude: -57.36856; geodeticDatum: WGS84; eventDate: 2013-11; individualCount: 1; catalogNumber: 43884; recordedBy: Valéria Nogueira Machado; Emanuell Duarte Ribeiro; Rupert A. Collins; identifiedBy: Rupert A. Collins; institutionCode: INPA; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Notes: Identification to species level follows Armbruster (2004), Rapp Py-Daniel (1985) and La Monte (1929) based on the following characters: lateral plates with well- developed keels; hypertrophied odontodes present along snout margin; three rows of lateral plates on the caudal peduncle; large interorbital distance; pronounced medial ridge on snout; head plates with sinuous rows of odontodes; interopercular plate with between 15 and 20 strong and distally hooked odontodes; pectoral spine roughly same length as head, with long odontodes; and spots on body roughly same size as those on head. Nine individuals were caught by hand from woody substrates (sampling sites NHO4 and NH08). In addition to the main river stem, the species was also observed in lake and igarape habitats, and appeared abundant. It was not found in association with rocks. An example of a live specimen is pictured in Fig. 16. Figure 16. Dekeyseria scaphirhyncha live colouration (178.3 mm SL; INPA 43884; UFAM:CTGA:14311). 22 Collins R et al. Hypancistrus sp. "INPA 43863" ; GenBank KP772605 Material a. scientificName: Hypancistrus; taxonRemarks: Possible undescribed species; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Actinopterygii; order: Siluriformes; family: Loricariidae; vernacularName: sp. "INPA 43863"; genus: Hypancistrus; country: Brazil; stateProvince: Para; locality: Lower Nhamunda River; decimalLatitude: -2.19081; decimalLongitude: -56.7084; geodeticDatum: WGS84; eventDate: 2013-11; individualCount: 12; catalogNumber: 43863; recordedBy: Valéria Nogueira Machado; Emanuell Duarte Ribeiro; Rupert A. Collins; otherCatalogNumbers: UFAM:CTGA:14552; UFAM:CTGA:14553; UFAM:CTGA:14554; UFAM:CTGA:14555; UFAM:CTGA:14556; associatedSequences: KP772605; identifiedBy: Rupert A. Collins; institutionCode: INPA; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Notes: Following Armbruster et al. (2007) and Armbruster (2008) we report the following combination of characters allowing a genus-level identification only: five rows of lateral plates on the caudal peduncle; lateral plates not keeled; dentaries forming angle of < 90°; dentary teeth almost twice as long as premaxillary teeth; dentary teeth widely spaced with medial gap between tooth cups as wide as the tooth cups themselves; supraorbital crests very distinct; dark E-shaped pattern on snout (irregular in some individuals); pattern on body of oblique dark bands (almost horizontal wavy stripes in some individuals), with dark bands generally wider than pale bands (i.e. body more dark coloured than pale coloured); dorsal fin with complete bands; and caudal fin with dark vertical bands. The Hypancistrus from the Nhamunda is ostensibly similar to Hypancistrus furunculus Armbruster, Lujan & Taphorn (2007), but we hypothesise that it represents a distinct species from H. furunculus due to the pronounced supraorbital crests, wide gap between the dentary tooth cups, and colour pattern of wide dark bands and thin pale bands. We await the description of a number of similar species from the Brazilian Shield rivers, some of which may end up being more closely related to this fish than H. furunculus is. The species is known in the aquarium trade as Hypancistrus sp. "L475" (Konn-Vetterlein and Haagensen 2015) Twelve individuals were caught by hand at night from rocky substrates (sampling site NHO1). Four examples of live specimens are pictured in Fig. 17 to illustrate variation in colour pattern. A preliminary inventory of the catfishes of the lower Rio Nnamunda, Brazil ... 23 Figure 17. Hypancistrus sp. "INPA 43863" live colouration. a: Lateral view, 68.6 mm SL. b: Lateral view, 60.8 mm SL. c: Lateral view, 73.1 mm SL. Image flipped horizontally. d: Lateral view, 64.3 mm SL. Hypostomus carinatus (Steindachner, 1881) . GenBank KP772576 ° GenBank KP772577 Materials a. scientificName: Hypostomus carinatus (Steindachner, 1881); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Actinopterygii; order: Siluriformes; family: Loricariidae; genus: Hypostomus; specificEpithet: carinatus; scientificNameAuthorship: (Steindachner, 1881); country: Brazil; stateProvince: Para; locality: Lower Nnamunda River; decimalLatitude: -1.84123; decimalLongitude: -57.07212; geodeticDatum: WGS84; eventDate: 2013-11; individualCount: 3; catalogNumber: 43879; recordedBy: Valéria Nogueira Machado; Emanuell Duarte Ribeiro; Rupert A. Collins; otherCatalogNumbers: UFAM:CTGA:14317; UFAM:CTGA:14318; UFAM:CTGA:14319; associatedSequences: KP772576; KP772577; identifiedBy: Rupert A. Collins; institutionCode: INPA; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen b. scientificName: Hypostomus carinatus (Steindachner, 1881); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Actinopterygii; order: Siluriformes; family: Loricariidae; genus: Hypostomus; specificEpithet: carinatus; scientificNameAuthorship: (Steindachner, 1881); country: Brazil; stateProvince: Para; locality: Lower Nnamunda River; decimalLatitude: -1.71782; decimalLongitude: -57.36856; geodeticDatum: WGS84; eventDate: 2013-11; individualCount: 1; catalogNumber: 43885; recordedBy: Valéria Nogueira Machado; Emanuell Duarte Ribeiro; Rupert A. Collins; otherCatalogNumbers: UFAM:CTGA:14426; identifiedBy: Rupert A. Collins; institutionCode: INPA; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Notes: Identification to species level follows Zawadzki et al. (2013) and Rapp Py- Daniel (1988) based on the following characters: greater than three (around eight to ten) predorsal plates limiting the posterior border of the supraoccipital; elongated 24 Collins R et al. caudal peduncle; caudal fin strongly emarginated; dark spots on lighter background; and lower lobe of caudal fin darker than upper lobe. Four individuals were caught by hand from woody substrates at the margin of the main river (sampling sites NHO4 and NHO8). An example of a live specimen is pictured in Fig. 18. Figure 18. Hypostomus carinatus live colouration (196.4 mm SL; INPA 43879; UFAM:CTGA:14317). Hypostomus macushi Armbruster & de Souza, 2005 GenBank KP772585 Material a. scientificName: Hypostomus macushi Armbruster & de Souza, 2005; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Actinopterygii; order: Siluriformes; family: Loricariidae; genus: Hypostomus; specificEpithet: macushi; scientificNameAuthorship: Armbruster & de Souza, 2005; country: Brazil; stateProvince: Para; locality: Lower Nnamunda River; decimalLatitude: -1.71782; decimalLongitude: -57.36856; geodeticDatum: WGS84; eventDate: 2013-11; individualCount: 1; catalogNumber: 46973; recordedBy: Valéria Nogueira Machado; Emanuell Duarte Ribeiro; Rupert A. Collins; otherCatalogNumbers: UFAM:CTGA:14425; associatedSequences: KP772585; identifiedBy: Rupert A. Collins; Claudio H. Zawadzki; institutionCode: INPA; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Notes: Identification to species level follows Armbruster (2003b) and Armbruster and de Souza (2005) based on the following characters: dentaries forming angle of < 80°; spoon-shaped teeth (although not fully formed in this small specimen); widely-spaced large black spots on a light background; and a lack of longitudinal dark stripes. One individual was caught by hand from woody substrates at the margin of the main river (Sampling site NHO8). An example of a live specimen is pictured in Fig. 19. A preliminary inventory of the catfishes of the lower Rio Nnamunda, Brazil ... 25 Figure 19. Hypostomus macushi live colouration (75.4 mm SL; INPA 46973; UFAM:CTGA:14425). Hypostomus plecostomus (Linnaeus, 1758) Material a. scientificName: Hypostomus plecostomus (Linnaeus, 1758); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Actinopterygii; order: Siluriformes; family: Loricariidae; genus: Hypostomus; specificEpithet: plecostomus; scientificNameAuthorship: (Linnaeus, 1758); country: Brazil; stateProvince: Para; locality: Lower Nhamunda River; decimalLatitude: -2.23096; decimalLongitude: -56.77293; geodeticDatum: WGS84; eventDate: 2009-09-21; individualCount: 1; catalogNumber: 33888; recordedBy: Raphael Leitao; Henrique Lazzarotto; identifiedBy: Claudio H. Zawadzki; institutionCode: INPA; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Notes: Record follows data from a single specimen in the collection of fishes at INPA. Lasiancistrus schomburgkii (Giinther, 1864) GenBank KP772579 Materials a. scientificName: Lasiancistrus schomburgkii (Gunther, 1864); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Actinopterygii; order: Siluriformes; family: Loricariidae; genus: Lasiancistrus; specificEpithet: schomburgkii; scientificNameAuthorship: (Gunther, 1864); country: Brazil; stateProvince: Para; locality: Lower Nhamunda River; decimalLatitude: -1.6909; decimalLongitude: -57.42231; geodeticDatum: WGS84; eventDate: 2013-11; individualCount: 1; catalogNumber: 43886; recordedBy: Valéria Nogueira Machado; Emanuell Duarte Ribeiro; Rupert A. Collins; otherCatalogNumbers: UFAM:CTGA:14329; associatedSequences: KP772579; identifiedBy: Rupert A. Collins; institutionCode: INPA; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen scientificName: Lasiancistrus schomburgkii (Gunther, 1864); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Actinopterygii; order: Siluriformes; family: Loricariidae; genus: Lasiancistrus; specificEpithet: schomburgkii; scientificNameAuthorship: (Gunther, 1864); country: Brazil; stateProvince: Para; locality: Lower Nhamunda River; decimalLatitude: -1.71782; decimalLongitude: -57.36856; geodeticDatum: WGS84; eventDate: 2013-11; individualCount: 1; catalogNumber: 43892; recordedBy: Valéria Nogueira Machado; Emanuell Duarte Ribeiro; Rupert A. Collins; otherCatalogNumbers: UFAM:CTGA:14427; identifiedBy: Rupert A. Collins; institutionCode: INPA; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen 26 Collins R et al. Notes: Identification to species level follows Armbruster (2005) based on the following characters: three rows of lateral plates on the caudal peduncle; bar-shaped opercle; snout plates present; lateral plates not keeled; > 30 teeth per jaw ramus; body and fins (except dorsal and caudal) dark with small pale dots; plates not outlined with dark pigment; and caudal fin with darker lower lobe. We note that the whisker-like odontodes characteristic of the genus were not apparent in our juvenile specimens, but we did observe bifurcating tentacules on the interopercular plate, and combined with the other characters, are confident that the specimens belong to Lasi/ancistrus schomburgkii as proposed by Armbruster (2005). Two individuals were caught by hand from woody substrates at the margin of the main river (Sampling sites NHO5 and NHO8). An example of a live specimen is pictured in Fig. 20. Figure 20. Lasiancistrus schomburgkii live colouration (45.2 mm SL; INPA 43886; UFAM:CTGA:14329). Leporacanthicus galaxias |sbriicker & Nijssen, 1989 GenBank KP772592 Material a. scientificName: Leporacanthicus galaxias Isbrucker & Nijssen, 1989; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Actinopterygii; order: Siluriformes; family: Loricariidae; genus: Leporacanthicus; specificEpithet: galaxias; scientificNameAuthorship: Isbrucker & Nijssen, 1989; country: Brazil; stateProvince: Para; locality: Lower Nhamunda River; decimalLatitude: -1.84123; decimalLongitude: -57.07212; geodeticDatum: WGS84; eventDate: 2013-11; individualCount: 3; catalogNumber: 43880; recordedBy: Valéria Nogueira Machado; Emanuell Duarte Ribeiro; Rupert A. Collins; otherCatalogNumbers: UFAM:CTGA:14328; UFAM:CTGA:14487; UFAM:CTGA:14488; associatedSequences: KP772592; identifiedBy: Rupert A. Collins; institutionCode: INPA; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Notes: Identification to species level follows Armbruster (2004), Armbruster (2008), Chamon (2007) and Isbricker and Nijssen (1989) based on the following characters: each premaxilla with three teeth, the inner being very long; lips oval, lacking fimbriae on the upper lip; more than four predorsal plates; tall and narrow supraoccipital crest; and dark body with numerous white dots. A preliminary inventory of the catfishes of the lower Rio Nnamunda, Brazil ... 27 Three individuals were caught by hand from woody substrates at the margin of the main river (Sampling site NH04). An example of a live specimen is pictured in Fig. 21. Figure 21. Leporacanthicus galaxias live colouration (207.0 mm SL; INPA 43880; UFAM:CTGA:14488) Peckoltia cf. vittata (Steindachner, 1881) bi GenBank KP772575 y GenBank KP772583 ° GenBank KP772603 Materials a. scientificName: Peckoltia vittata (Steindachner, 1881); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Actinopterygii; order: Siluriformes; family: Loricariidae; genus: Peckoltia; specificEpithet: vittata; scientificNameAuthorship: (Steindachner, 1881); country: Brazil; stateProvince: Para; locality: Lower Nhamunda River; decimalLatitude: -2.17525; decimalLongitude: -56.7115; geodeticDatum: WGS84; eventDate: 2013-11; individualCount: 1; catalogNumber: 43866; recordedBy: Valéria Nogueira Machado; Emanuell Duarte Ribeiro; Rupert A. Collins; otherCatalogNumbers: UFAM:CTGA:14305; identifiedBy: Rupert A. Collins; identificationQualifier: cf. vittata; institutionCode: INPA; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen b. scientificName: Peckoltia vittata (Steindachner, 1881); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Actinopterygii; order: Siluriformes; family: Loricariidae; genus: Peckoltia; specificEpithet: vittata; scientificNameAuthorship: (Steindachner, 1881); country: Brazil; stateProvince: Para; locality: Lower Nhamunda River; decimalLatitude: -1.84123; decimalLongitude: -57.07212; geodeticDatum: WGS84; eventDate: 2013-11; individualCount: 7; catalogNumber: 43881; recordedBy: Valéria Nogueira Machado; Emanuell Duarte Ribeiro; Rupert A. Collins; otherCatalogNumbers: UFAM:CTGA:14316; UFAM:CTGA:14325; UFAM:CTGA:14326; UFAM:CTGA:14327; UFAM:CTGA:14494; UFAM:CTGA:14495; UFAM:CTGA:14496; associatedSequences: KP772575; identifiedBy: Rupert A. Collins; identificationQualifier: cf. vittata; institutionCode: INPA; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen C. scientificName: Peckoltia vittata (Steindachner, 1881); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Actinopterygii; order: Siluriformes; family: Loricariidae; genus: Peckoltia; 28 Collins R et al. specificEpithet: vittata; scientificNameAuthorship: (Steindachner, 1881); country: Brazil; stateProvince: Para; locality: Lower Nhamunda River; decimalLatitude: -1.6909; decimalLongitude: -57.42231; geodeticDatum: WGS84; eventDate: 2013-11; individualCount: 3; catalogNumber: 43894; recordedBy: Valéria Nogueira Machado; Emanuell Duarte Ribeiro; Rupert A. Collins; otherCatalogNumbers: UFAM:CTGA:14333; UFAM:CTGA:14334; UFAM:CTGA:14335; associatedSequences: KP772583; identifiedBy: Rupert A. Collins; identificationQualifier: cf. vittata; institutionCode: INPA; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen d. scientificName: Peckoltia vittata (Steindachner, 1881); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Actinopterygii; order: Siluriformes; family: Loricariidae; genus: Peckoltia; specificEpithet: vittata; scientificNameAuthorship: (Steindachner, 1881); country: Brazil; stateProvince: Para; locality: Lower Nhamunda River; decimalLatitude: -1.71782; decimalLongitude: -57.36856; geodeticDatum: WGS84; eventDate: 2013-11; individualCount: 2; catalogNumber: 43887; recordedBy: Valéria Nogueira Machado; Emanuell Duarte Ribeiro; Rupert A. Collins; otherCatalogNumbers: UFAM:CTGA:14423; UFAM:CTGA:14424; identifiedBy: Rupert A. Collins; identificationQuaiifier: cf. vittata; institutionCode: INPA; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen e. scientificName: Peckoltia vittata (Steindachner, 1881); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Actinopterygii; order: Siluriformes; family: Loricariidae; genus: Peckoltia; specificEpithet: vittata; scientificNameAuthorship: (Steindachner, 1881); country: Brazil; stateProvince: Para; locality: Lower Nhamunda River; decimalLatitude: -2.02386; decimalLongitude: -56.78235; geodeticDatum: WGS84; eventDate: 2013-11; individualCount: 13; catalogNumber: 43869; recordedBy: Valéria Nogueira Machado; Emanuell Duarte Ribeiro; Rupert A. Collins; otherCatalogNumbers: UFAM:CTGA:14544; UFAM:CTGA:14545; UFAM:CTGA:14546; associatedSequences: KP772603; identifiedBy: Rupert A. Collins; identificationQualifier: cf. vittata; institutionCode: INPA; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen f. scientificName: Peckoltia vittata (Steindachner, 1881); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Actinopterygii; order: Siluriformes; family: Loricariidae; genus: Peckoltia; specificEpithet: vittata; scientificNameAuthorship: (Steindachner, 1881); country: Brazil; stateProvince: Para; locality: Lower Nhamunda River; decimalLatitude: -2.19081; decimalLongitude: -56.7084; geodeticDatum: WGS84; eventDate: 2013-11; individualCount: 2; catalogNumber: 43864; recordedBy: Valéria Nogueira Machado; Emanuell Duarte Ribeiro; Rupert A. Collins; otherCatalogNumbers: UFAM:CTGA:14550; UFAM:CTGA:14551; identifiedBy: Rupert A. Collins; identificationQuailifier: cf. vittata; institutionCode: INPA; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen g. scientificName: Peckoltia vittata (Steindachner, 1881); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Actinopterygii; order: Siluriformes; family: Loricariidae; genus: Peckoltia; specificEpithet: vittata; scientificNameAuthorship: (Steindachner, 1881); country: Brazil; stateProvince: Para; locality: Lower Nhamunda River; decimalLatitude: -2.19056; decimalLongitude: -56.71167; geodeticDatum: WGS84; eventDate: 2009-09-21; individualCount: 2; catalogNumber: 33866; recordedBy: Raphael Leitao; Henrique Lazzarotto; identifiedBy: R. Frederico; Rupert A. Collins; identificationQualifier: cf. vittata; institutionCode: INPA; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Notes: Identification to species level follows Armbruster (2008) based on the following characters: evertible cheek plates with > 10 hypertrophied odontodes; dentaries forming angle of < 90°; deep body, not dorso-ventrally flattened; lips lacking fimbriae; villiform teeth of equal size in premaxilla and dentary; colour pattern of four irregular dorsal saddles (first and second are usually combined in small specimens); dorsal and A preliminary inventory of the catfishes of the lower Rio Nnamunda, Brazil ... 29 caudal fins without orange margin (in life); head plates not outlined in black; dark bar between eyes, e-shaped dark blotch on the snout (broken in some specimens); and fins with dark and light bands of approximately equal width (irregular in some specimens). Figure 22. Peckoltia cf. vittata live colouration and variation in abdominal plating. : Lateral view (102.5 mm SL; INPA 43869; UFAM:CTGA:14546). : Ventral view (102.5 mm SL; INPA 43869; UFAM:CTGA:14546). : Lateral view (99.7 mm SL; INPA 43894; UFAM:CTGA:14334). : Ventral view (99.7 mm SL; INPA 43894; UFAM:CTGA:14334). : Lateral view (115.6 mm SL; INPA 43881; UFAM:CTGA:14316). Ventral view (115.6 mm SL; INPA 43881; UFAM:CTGA:14316). -~oOoO a0 0 ® An interesting observation is that our specimens exhibited variation in terms of the degree of abdomen plating and markings: adult specimens from collection points near 30 Collins R et al. the mouth of the river (sampling sites NHO1, NHO2 and NH12) showed complete abdominal plating and a vermiculated pattern (Fig. 22a, b); those from further up the river (Sampling sites NHO4, NHO5 and NHO8) lacked abdominal plating and associated colouration (Fig. 22c, d), with the exception of one individual that was partially plated with discrete spots (Fig. 22e, f). In light of this variation we were hesitant in referring all these individuals to Peckoltia vittata, and hence we use the "cf." qualifier. The three DNA barcodes we generated from the different phenotypes/sites, however, were identical. Twenty-eight individuals were caught by hand from both woody substrates (sampling sites NHO2, NHO4, NHO5, and NHO8) and rocky substrates (sampling sites NHO1 and NH12). Two further specimens of this species are reported from the collection of fishes at INPA. Pseudolithoxus sp. "INPA 43888" GenBank KP772584 GenBank KP772590 GenBank KP772591 Material a. scientificName: Pseudolithoxus; taxonRemarks: Undescribed species; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Actinopterygii; order: Siluriformes; family: Loricariidae; vernacularName: sp. "INPA 43888"; genus: Pseudolithoxus; country: Brazil; stateProvince: Para; locality: Lower Nhamunda River; decimalLatitude: -1.71782; decimalLongitude: -57.36856; geodeticDatum: WGS84; eventDate: 2013-11; individualCount: 17; catalogNumber: INPA 43889; INPA 43888; recordedBy: Valéria Nogueira Machado; Emanuell Duarte Ribeiro; Rupert A. Collins; otherCatalogNumbers: UFAM:CTGA:14422: UFAM:CTGA:14482; UFAM:CTGA:14483; UFAM:CTGA:14484; UFAM:CTGA:14485; UFAM:CTGA:14486; associatedSequences: KP772584; KP772590; KP772591:; identifiedBy: Rupert A. Collins; institutionCode: INPA; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Notes: Identification to genus level follows Armbruster and Provenzano (2000) and Lujan and Birindelli (2011) based on the following characters: three rows of lateral plates on the caudal peduncle; lateral plates without pronounced keels; fully plated snout lacking tentacles; hypertrophied odontodes on the snout in both females and males; lack of whisker-like odontodes on the cheek plates; extremely hypertrophied odontodes on an elongated pectoral-fin spine in both females and males; sucking disk without fimbriae; and greater than 20 teeth per jaw ramus. Using the above references we were unable to identify the specimens to species level, as the individuals differed from the colour patterns diagnostic of the other species in the genus. We hypothesise that these individuals represent a new species of Pseudolithoxus, and intend to document this in more detail in a separate publication. A preliminary inventory of the catfishes of the lower Rio Nnamunda, Brazil ... 31 Seventeen individuals were captured by hand from crevices in rocky habitats exposed to strong current (Sampling site NHO08). Live colouration is shown in Fig. 23. Figure 23. Pseudolithoxus sp. "INPA 43888" live colouration of juvenile (72.6 mm SL; INPA 43889; UFAM:CTGA:14486). Subfamily Loricariinae Farlowella nattereri Steindachner, 1910 i GenBank KP772581 Material a. scientificName: Farlowella nattereri Steindachner, 1910; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Actinopterygii; order: Siluriformes; family: Loricariidae; genus: Farlowella ; specificEpithet: nattereri; scientificNameAuthorship: Steindachner, 1910; country: Brazil; stateProvince: Para; locality: Lower Nhamunda River; decimalLatitude: -1.6909; decimalLongitude: -57.42231; geodeticDatum: WGS84; eventDate: 2013-11; individualCount: 1; catalogNumber: 43891; recordedBy: Valéria Nogueira Machado; Emanuell Duarte Ribeiro; Rupert A. Collins; otherCatalogNumbers: UFAM:CTGA:14331; associatedSequences: KP772581; identifiedBy: Rupert A. Collins; institutionCode: INPA; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Notes: Identification to species level follows Retzer and Page (1997) and Retzer (2006) based on the following characters: seven predorsal plates; dorsal fin located opposite anal fin; three rows of abdominal plates; five rows of anterior lateral plates, with middle row incomplete; plates of second lateral row diamond-shaped; fourth row of anterior lateral plates sharply keeled; odontodes on lateral plates small; snout-mouth- length / head-length > 0.5; body-depth / pelvic-fin-length < 0.86; pectoral-fin-length / snout-mouth-length > 0.65; snout-mouth-length / pectoral-fin-length > 1.0; and fin spines and rays with dark spots. The above characters are consistent with F. nattereri, but some key differences in colour pattern are noted. Retzer and Page (1997) report: for most specimens of F nattereri, the first anal and dorsal fin rays are entirely darkly pigmented (our specimen has spotted rays); a distinct dorso-lateral dark-stripe is present from base of snout to dorsal fin (this stripe was not apparent in the preserved specimen, but was observed in 32 Collins R et al. life); and upper and lower caudal fin lobes pigmented with dark stripes of equal size, with stripes often not reaching caudal fin base (the stripes in our specimen reached the caudal base). Retzer and Page (1997) recognise that F. nattereri probably comprises a complex of species. One individual was caught by hand from shallow, fast flowing water over a rocky/sandy substrate (sampling site NHO5). The live specimen is pictured in Fig. 24 (caudal fin in Fig. 25) Figure 24. Farlowella nattereri live colouration (199.8 mm SL; INPA 43891; UFAM:CTGA:14331). Figure 25. Farlowella nattereri caudal fin (INPA 43891; UFAM:CTGA:14331). A preliminary inventory of the catfishes of the lower Rio Nnamunda, Brazil ... 33 Limatulichthys griseus (Eigenmann, 1909) Material a. scientificName: Limatulichthys griseus (Eigenmann, 1909); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Actinopterygii; order: Siluriformes; family: Loricariidae; genus: Limatulichthys; specificEpithet: griseus; scientificNameAuthorship: (Eigenmann, 1909); country: Brazil; stateProvince: Para; locality: Lower Nhamunda River; decimalLatitude: -2.19972; decimalLongitude: -56.69222; geodeticDatum: WGS84; eventDate: 2009-09-23; individualCount: 1; catalogNumber: 33892; recordedBy: Raphael Leitao; Henrique Lazzarotto; identifiedBy: Rupert A. Collins; institutionCode: INPA; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Notes: Record follows data from a single specimen in the collection of fishes at INPA. The specimen had been identified there as Limatulichthys sp., but we refer to the fish to L. griseus as reported by Londono-Burbano et al. (2014), as it does not disagree with their concept of that species. Loricaria cataphracta Linnaeus, 1758 i GenBank KP772582 Material a. scientificName: Loricaria cataphracta Linnaeus, 1758; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Actinopterygii; order: Siluriformes; family: Loricariidae; genus: Loricaria; specificEpithet: cataphracta; scientificNameAuthorship: Linnaeus, 1758; country: Brazil; stateProvince: Para; locality: Lower Nhamunda River; decimalLatitude: -1.6909; decimalLongitude: -57.42231; geodeticDatum: WGS84; eventDate: 2013-11; individualCount: 1; catalogNumber: 43893; recordedBy: Valéria Nogueira Machado; Emanuell Duarte Ribeiro; Rupert A. Collins; otherCatalogNumbers: UFAM:CTGA:14332; associatedSequences: KP772582; identifiedBy: Rupert A. Collins; institutionCode: INPA; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Notes: Identification to species level follows Isbrucker (1981), Thomas and Rapp Py- Daniel (2008) and Thomas and Sabaj Pérez (2010) based on the following characters: elongate lip filaments; three premaxillary teeth per ramus; premaxillary teeth approximately twice as long as dentary teeth; developed odontode crests on head and dorsal trunk plates; 34 lateral plates; 19 coalesced lateral plates; dorsal fin spine not elongated (24% of SL); post-orbital notch relatively well developed; abdomen mostly plated (with the exception of an anterior v-shaped naked area over the pectoral girdle); and all fins except anal fin with dark sub-distal bands (most prominent on caudal and dorsal fins). Identification of this species is tentative, as there appears to be considerable variation in the L. cataphracta group. We await the forthcoming systematic revision of the genus (as mentioned in Thomas and Sabaj Pérez 2010). One individual was caught by hand from shallow, fast flowing water over a rocky/sandy substrate (sampling site NHO5). The live specimen is pictured in Fig. 26. 34 Collins R et al. Figure 26. Loricaria cataphracta live colouration (144.3 mm SL; INPA 43893; UFAM:CTGA:14332). Image flipped horizontally. Pseudoloricaria laeviuscula (Valenciennes, 1840) GenBank KP772602 Materials a. scientificName: Pseudoloricaria laeviuscula (Valenciennes, 1840); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Actinopterygii; order: Siluriformes; family: Loricariidae; genus: Pseudoloricaria; specificEpithet: laeviuscula; scientificNameAuthorship: (Valenciennes, 1840); country: Brazil; stateProvince: Para; locality: Lower Nhamunda River; decimalLatitude: -2.02386; decimalLongitude: -56.78235; geodeticDatum: WGS84; eventDate: 2013-11; individualCount: 3; catalogNumber: 43870; recordedBy: Valéria Nogueira Machado; Emanuell Duarte Ribeiro; Rupert A. Collins; otherCatalogNumbers: UFAM:CTGA:14541; UFAM:CTGA:14542; UFAM:CTGA:14543; associatedSequences: KP772602; identifiedBy: Rupert A. Collins; institutionCode: INPA; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen scientificName: Pseudoloricaria laeviuscula (Valenciennes, 1840); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Actinopterygii; order: Siluriformes; family: Loricariidae; genus: Pseudoloricaria; specificEpithet: laeviuscula; scientificNameAuthorship: (Valenciennes, 1840); country: Brazil; stateProvince: Para; locality: Lower Nhamunda River; decimalLatitude: -1.6909; decimalLongitude: -57.42231; geodeticDatum: WGS84; eventDate: 2013-11; individualCount: 4; catalogNumber: 43895; recordedBy: Valéria Nogueira Machado; Emanuell Duarte Ribeiro; Rupert A. Collins; otherCatalogNumbers: UFAM:CTGA:14042; UFAM:CTGA:14043; UFAM:CTGA:14046; UFAM:CTGA:14047; identifiedBy: Rupert A. Collins; institutionCode: INPA; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen scientificName: Pseudoloricaria laeviuscula (Valenciennes, 1840); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Actinopterygii; order: Siluriformes; family: Loricariidae; genus: Pseudoloricaria; specificEpithet: laeviuscula; scientificNameAuthorship: (Valenciennes, 1840); country: Brazil; stateProvince: Para; locality: Lower Nhamunda River; decimalLatitude: -1.99972; decimalLongitude: -56.51611; geodeticDatum: WGS84; eventDate: 2009-09-23; individualCount: 1; catalogNumber: 33893; recordedBy: Raphael A preliminary inventory of the catfishes of the lower Rio Nnamunda, Brazil ... 35 Leitao; Henrique Lazzarotto; identifiedBy: W. Ohara; Rupert A. Collins; identificationQualifier: aff. laeviuscula; institutionCode: INPA; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Notes: Identification to species level follows Isbrucker and Nijssen (1976) and Covain and Fisch-Muller (2007) based on the following characters: lower lip bilobate with median furrow; whip on upper caudal spine absent; abdomen covered with small plates lacking organisation; elliptical area of abdominal plates at level of pelvic girdle absent; rostrum not strongly pronounced; pelvic-fin spine longer than last pelvic-fin branched ray; colouration comprising dark dots (except ventral surface and anal fin); lower lobe of caudal darker than upper; and basicaudal spot present in juveniles. Three adult individuals were caught by hand-net at night over a sandy/silty substrate (sampling site NH12), and four juveniles were caught further upstream on the sandy margins of the river (Sampling site NH0O5). An example of a live adult specimen is pictured in Fig. 27. Figure 27. Pseudoloricaria laeviuscula live colouration (216.4 mm SL; INPA 43870; UFAM:CTGA:14542). One further specimen record of this species was obtained from the fish collection at INPA; this individual had been identified as P aff. /Jaeviuscula, but we include it here under P. /Jaeviuscula until further information becomes available. Rineloricaria lanceolata (Giinther, 1868) ; GenBank KP772580 Material a. scientificName: Rineloricaria lanceolata (Gunther, 1868); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Actinopterygii; order: Siluriformes; family: Loricariidae; genus: Rineloricaria; specificEpithet: lanceolata; scientificNameAuthorship: (Gunther, 1868); country: Brazil; stateProvince: Para; locality: Lower Nnamunda River; decimalLatitude: -1.6909; decimalLongitude: -57.42231; geodeticDatum: WGS84; eventDate: 2013-11; 36 Collins R et al. individualCount: 2; catalogNumber: 43896; recordedBy: Valéria Nogueira Machado; Emanuell Duarte Ribeiro; Rupert A. Collins; otherCatalogNumbers: UFAM:CTGA:14330; UFAM:CTGA:14044; associatedSequences: KP772580; identifiedBy: Rupert A. Collins; institutionCode: INPA; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Notes: Identification to species level follows Vera-Alcaraz et al. (2012) and Fichberg and Chamon (2008) based on the following characters: postorbital notch present; inferior lip with short, round papillae; teeth on dentary larger than premaxilla; four rows of lateral plates; all fins with a broad longitudinal dark band parallel to the first rays (fins almost entirely dark in our specimen); lower lip margin with long fringes; and dorsal surface of head and predorsal region with two longitudinal dark bands. Note that the characteristic dorsal breeding odontodes of R. /anceol/ata were not visible in this single specimen (probably female). Two individuals were caught by hand from shallow, fast flowing water over a rocky/ sandy substrate on the main river (Sampling site NHO5). A live specimen is pictured in Fig. 28. Figure 28. Rineloricaria lanceolata live colouration (86.8 mm SL; INPA 43896; UFAM:CTGA:14330). Family Pimelodidae Calophysus macropterus (Lichtenstein, 1819) : GenBank KP772598 Materials a. scientificName: Calophysus macropterus (Lichtenstein, 1819); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Actinopterygii; order: Siluriformes; family: Pimelodidae; genus: Calophysus; specificEpithet: macropterus; scientificNameAuthorship: (Lichtenstein, 1819); country: Brazil; stateProvince: Para; locality: Lower Nhamunda River; decimalLatitude: -1.67511; decimalLongitude: -57.47678; geodeticDatum: WGS84; eventDate: 2013-11; individualCount: 1; catalogNumber: 43898; recordedBy: Valéria Nogueira Machado; Emanuell Duarte Ribeiro; Rupert A. Collins; otherCatalogNumbers: UFAM:CTGA:14408; identifiedBy: Rupert A. Collins; institutionCode: INPA; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen b. scientificName: Calophysus macropterus (Lichtenstein, 1819); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Actinopterygii; order: Siluriformes; family: Pimelodidae; genus: Calophysus; specificEpithet: macropterus; scientificNameAuthorship: (Lichtenstein, A preliminary inventory of the catfishes of the lower Rio Nnamunda, Brazil ... 37 1819); country: Brazil; stateProvince: Para; locality: Lower Nhamunda River; decimalLatitude: -2.02386; decimalLongitude: -56.78235; geodeticDatum: WGS84; eventDate: 2013-11; individualCount: 4; catalogNumber: 43871; recordedBy: Valéria Nogueira Machado; Emanuell Duarte Ribeiro; Rupert A. Collins; otherCatalogNumbers: UFAM:CTGA:14528; UFAM:CTGA:14529; UFAM:CTGA:14530; UFAM:CTGA:14531; associatedSequences: KP772598; identifiedBy: Rupert A. Collins; institutionCode: INPA; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Notes: Identification to species level follows Eigenmann and Eigenmann (1890) based on the following characters: two rows of maxillary teeth (posterior row very small and hidden within the skin folds) and one row of dentary teeth; first dorsal and pectoral rays not spinous; adipose fin long; barbels flattened; upper jaw slightly prognathous; and dark spots on flanks and adipose fin. Five individuals were caught after being attracted to the boat by suspending a dead- fish bait in the water (sampling site NH12). An example of a live specimen is pictured in Fig. 29. Figure 29. Calophysus macropterus live colouration (254.0 mm SL; INPA 43871; UFAM:CTGA:14531). Phractocephalus hemioliopterus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) GenBank KP772589 Material a. scientificName: Phractocephalus hemioliopterus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Actinopterygii; order: Siluriformes; family: Pimelodidae; genus: Phractocephalus; specificEpithet: hemioliopterus; scientificNameAuthorship: (Bloch & Schneider, 1801); country: Brazil; stateProvince: Para; locality: Lower Nhamunda River; decimalLatitude: -1.67511; decimalLongitude: -57.47678; geodeticDatum: WGS84; eventDate: 2013-11; individualCount: 1; catalogNumber: 14459; recordedBy: Valéria Nogueira Machado; Emanuell Duarte Ribeiro; Rupert A. Collins; associatedSequences: KP772589; identifiedBy: RupertA. Collins; institutionCode: UFAM; collectionCode: CTGA; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen 38 Collins R et al. Notes: Identification to species level follows Lundberg and Aguilera (2003) and Mol (2012) based on the following characters: dermal bones of the skull coarsely sculpted with reticulated ridges surrounding rounded pits; supraoccipital process greatly expanded laterally; anterior nuchal plate enlarged; colour pattern with dark upper and white/yellow lower parts of flank; and caudal fin bright red/orange. One individual was caught by baited hand-line in a deep pool of the main river. The live specimen is pictured in Fig. 30. Figure 30. Phractocephalus hemioliopterus live colouration (approx 100 cm SL; UFAM:CTGA:14459). Voucher not retained. Pimelodus blochii Valenciennes, 1840 Material a. scientificName: Pimelodus blochii Valenciennes, 1840; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Actinopterygii; order: Siluriformes; family: Pimelodidae; genus: Pimelodus; specificEpithet: blochii; scientificNameAuthorship: Valenciennes, 1840; country: Brazil; stateProvince: Para; locality: Lower Nhamunda River; decimalLatitude: -2.23083; decimalLongitude: -56.77306; geodeticDatum: WGS84; eventDate: 2009-09-21; individualCount: 1; catalogNumber: 33886; recordedBy: Raphael Leitao; Henrique Lazzarotto; identifiedBy: R. Frederico; institutionCode: INPA; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Notes: Record follows data from a single specimen in the collection of fishes at INPA. Pinirampus pirinampu (Spix & Agassiz, 1829) . GenBank KP772587 Material a. scientificName: Pinirampus pirinampu (Spix & Agassiz, 1829); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Actinopterygii; order: Siluriformes; family: Pimelodidae; genus: Pinirampus; specificEpithet: pirinampu; scientificNameAuthorship: (Spix & Agassiz, 1829); country: Brazil; stateProvince: Para; locality: Lower Nhamunda River; decimalLatitude: -1.67511; decimalLongitude: -57.47678; geodeticDatum: WGS84; eventDate: 2013-11; A preliminary inventory of the catfishes of the lower Rio Nnamunda, Brazil ... 39 individualCount: 1; catalogNumber: 14443; recordedBy: Valéria Nogueira Machado; Emanuell Duarte Ribeiro; Rupert A. Collins; associatedSequences: KP772587; identifiedBy: Valéria Nogueira Machado; institutionCode: UFAM; collectionCode: CTGA; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Notes: Identification to species level follows Eigenmann and Eigenmann (1890) based on the following characters: adipose fin long; top of head covered with skin; upper jaw slightly prognathous; and barbels broad and long with broad membranaceous border on the posterior margins. One individual was caught by gill net, but was not vouchered or photographed. Pseudoplatystoma reticulatum Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889 . GenBank KP772588 Material a. scientificName: Pseudoplatystoma reticulatum Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Actinopterygii; order: Siluriformes; family: Pimelodidae; genus: Pseudoplatystoma; specificEpithet: reticulatum; scientificNameAuthorship: Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889; country: Brazil; stateProvince: Para; locality: Lower Nhamunda River; decimalLatitude: -1.67511; decimalLongitude: -57.47678; geodeticDatum: WGS84; eventDate: 2013-11; individualCount: 4; catalogNumber: 14451; 14452; 14453; 14454: recordedBy: Valéria Nogueira Machado; Emanuell Duarte Ribeiro; Rupert A. Collins; associatedSequences: KP772588; identifiedBy: Rupert A. Collins; institutionCode: UFAM; collectionCode: CTGA; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Notes: Identification to species level follows Buitrago-Suarez and Burr (2007) based on the following characters: head strongly depressed with extended cranial fontanelle; loop-like dark bars forming reticulated pattern which extends far below lateral line and connects dorsally; no clear demarcation between dark dorsal and pale ventral regions; and caudal fin with fewer than 45 spots. While we follow the taxonomy of Buitrago-Suarez and Burr (2007), we also consider the possibility that P reticulatum Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889 is a junior subjective synonym of P. fasciatum (Linnaeus, 1766) in light of the study of Carvalho-Costa et al. (2011). These authors reported minimal genetic differentiation among the taxa considered conspecific with P. fasciatum previous to the study of Buitrago-Suarez and Burr (2007). Four individuals were caught at night using gill nets in a lake connected to the river. An example of two live specimens is pictured in Fig. 31. 40 Collins R et al. Figure 31. Pseudoplatystoma reticulatum live colouration (front specimen 46 cm SL). Vouchers not retained. Family Pseudopimelodidae Batrochoglanis villosus (Eigenmann, 1912) ‘ GenBank KP772594 Material a. scientificName: Batrochoglanis villosus (Eigenmann, 1912); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Actinopterygii; order: Siluriformes; family: PSeudopimelodidae; genus: Batrochoglanis; specificEpithet: villosus; scientificNameAuthorship: (Eigenmann, 1912); country: Brazil; stateProvince: Para; locality: Lower Nnamunda River; decimalLatitude: -1.84123; decimalLongitude: -57.07212; geodeticDatum: WGS84; eventDate: 2013-11; individualCount: 4; catalogNumber: 43882; recordedBy: Valéria Nogueira Machado; Emanuell Duarte Ribeiro; Rupert A. Collins; otherCatalogNumbers: UFAM:CTGA:14497; UFAM:CTGA:14498; UFAM:CTGA:14499; UFAM:CTGA:14500; associatedSequences: KP772594: identifiedBy: Rupert A. Collins; institutionCode: INPA; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Notes: Identification to species level follows Shibatta and Pavanelli (2005), Mees (1974) and Eigenmann (1912) based on the following characters: lower jaw not projecting beyond upper jaw; head large and rounded in dorsal view; head and body with numerous small papillae; insertion of pelvic fin though vertical of posterior base of dorsal; short caudal peduncle; rounded caudal fin; post-cleithral process short, not reaching vertical through dorsal fin origin; axillary pore absent; lateral-line canal terminating on caudal peduncle; premaxillary dentigerous plates with lateral margins posteriorly prolonged; colour brown, with dark mottled appearance; and caudal fin with dark dots irregularly distributed. An important inconsistency should be noted regarding the caudal fin shape. Eigenmann (1912) described the caudal fin of B. villosus as being "notched", but figured a specimen with a rounded caudal fin (Mees 1974). The photograph of the A preliminary inventory of the catfishes of the lower Rio Nnamunda, Brazil ... 41 holotype (FMNH 53219) on the All Species Catfish Inventory Web page (http:// acsi.acnatsci.org/base/image _list.html?mode=genus&genus=Pseudopimelodus) shows a fish lacking most of the caudal fin. The specimens we collected had a rounded caudal fin. Four individuals were caught by hand from their lodgements in woody substrates at the margin of the main river (Sampling site NH04). An example of a live specimen is pictured in Fig. 32. Figure 32. Batrochoglanis villosus live colouration (176.0 mm SL; INPA 43882; UFAM:CTGA:14497). Family Trichomycteridae Pygidianops amphioxus de Pinna & Kirovsky, 2011 Notes: Record follows data from de Pinna and Kirovsky (2011). Analysis Desk survey Our survey of the online databases revealed a single species record from the Rio Nhamunda: an unidentified Ossancora (Doradidae) which on further investigation was found to comprise two paratype lots of Ossancora asterophysa Birindelli & Sabaj Perez, 2011 (ROM 88244, MZUSP 7838). The literature survey revealed three further species from the river: Hassar orestis (Steindachner, 1875) (MZUSP 9547); Pygidianops amphioxus de Pinna & Kirovsky, 2011 (MZUSP 104675); and Centromochlius sp. (INPA 35087). By contrast, the survey of the Web databases and checklists for the Trombetas river listed 44 siluriform species, while the study of Ferreira (1993) listed 95 siluriform species from the Trombetas. From the Uatuma river, the desk survey of Web databases and checklists provided five species. 42 Collins R et al. The collection of fishes at INPA held nine lots of catfishes previously collected from the Nhamunda. One of these records (Centromochlus sp., INPA 35087) was also recorded in the literature survey (Sarmento-Soares et al. 2013). As stated previously, because this lot was out on loan at the time of writing this manuscript, we were not able to examine the specimens and have therefore omitted this species from the total species count due its ambiguity. Our review of the genetic databases shows GenBank holds COI data for nine of the 24 species we obtained DNA barcodes from and identified as a known species (number of records in parentheses): Trachycorystes trachycorystes (1), Astrodoras asterifrons (1), Scorpiodoras heckelii (2), Farlowella nattereri (1), Peckoltia vittata (1), Phractocephalus hemioliopterus (1), Pinirampus pirinampu (7), Pseudoplatystoma reticulatum (12), and Batrochoglanis villosus (1). The BOLD database also holds COI data for nine species: Farlowella nattereri (3), Loricaria cataphracta (5), Peckoltia vittata (16), Pseudoloricaria laeviuscula (3), Rineloricaria lanceolata (3), Phractocephalus hemioliopterus (4), Pinirampus_ pirinampu (10), Pseudoplatystoma_ reticulatum (35), and Batrochoglanis villosus (1). In addition to the species listed above and available in GenBank, we provide COI data for 17 putative species with no current sequences apparently available in either GenBank or BOLD: Auchenipterichthys longimanus, Tatia musaica, T. aff. musaica, T. nigra, Goeldiella eques, Pimelodella sp., Ancistrus dolichopterus, Ancistrus sp. "INPA 43862", Dekeysera scaphirhyncha, Hypancistrus sp. "INPA 43863", Hypoptopoma incognitum, Hypostomus carinatus, H. macushi, Lasiancistrus schomburgkil, Leporacanthicus galaxias, Pseudolithoxus sp. "INPA 43888", and Calophysus macropterus. Discussion Inventory of Siluriformes Our desk and museum collection surveys show that few ichthyological surveys of the Rio Nhamunda have taken place, and that our collection is one of the first to be made on the river. Not including the unverified Centromochlus sp., we report three species from the desk survey, eight species from the museum survey, and 28 species from our field survey; three species (Jatia aff. musaica, Peckoltia cf. vittata, Pseudoloricaria laeviuscula) were recorded from both the museum and field surveys. Therefore, a total of 36 siluriform species are currently known from the river. Of these, one we were unable to determine ( Pimelodella sp.), and four we suggest could represent undescribed species ( /Jatia aff. musaica, Ancistrus sp. "INPA 43862", Hypancistrus sp. "INPA 43863" and Pseudolithoxus sp. "INPA 43888"). The checklist is far from complete, however, missing entirely families such the callichthyids and aspredinids, although we sampled habitats most likely to yield these groups, such as igarapes, only superficially. Despite this, we feel that rapid publication of even modest datasets and small-scale surveys can make valuable additions to biodiversity science in A preliminary inventory of the catfishes of the lower Rio Nnamunda, Brazil ... 43 the Amazon by both presenting the early discovery of new species and the extension of ranges for known species. The study also highlights the paucity of neotropical ichthyological data in GBIF/GenBank, and makes a small contribution. Biogeography The biogeographic composition of the collection is interesting. While many of the species recorded were cosmopolitan inhabitants of the lowland Amazon—e.g. Auchenipterichthys longimanus, Goeldiella eques, Hypoptopoma incognitum, Lasiancistrus schomburgkil, Loricaria cataphracta, Pseudoloricaria laeviuscula, Rineloricaria lanceolata, Calophysus macropterus, Pimelodus blochii, and Phractocephalus hemioliopterus—there are suggestions of connections to more specialised faunas. For example: the presence of Ancistrus dolichopterus and Dekeyseria scaphirhyncha suggests links to the Rio Negro fauna; Tatia nigra, on the other hand, is only known from the neighbouring Uatuma and Trombetas rivers, both south draining rivers of the Guiana Shield; two species—Tatia aff. musaica and the undescribed Pseudolithoxus sp.—appear to have some connection with the Rio Orinoco; while the presence of Leporacanthicus galaxias in the Nhamumda is strange, and may shed some light on its apparently disjunct distribution in the Rio Tocantins,—a _ north-draining Brazilian Shield river some 2,000 km to the east—the Rio Orinoco (Chamon 2007), and apparently also the Rio Aripuana, an affluent of the Rio Madeira (Seidel and Evers 2005). Thus, the ichthyofauna of the Rio Nnamunda appears to have some interesting affiliations to several faunal areas. This is perhaps exemplified by the best known fish from the river, the discus (Symphysodon spp.). Specimens exported from this locality are famous in the aquarium trade for their phenotypic variability (Bleher 2006). Genetic groups of both the Heckel (S. discus) and brown (S. aequifasciatus) discus species are found in sympatry in the Rio Nhamunda, an area that may in fact comprise a zone of natural hybridisation between the two species (Amado et al. 2011). In summary, the Rio Nnhamunda may therefore be an important sampling location for uncovering biogeographic patterns of fishes of the Lower Amazon and Guiana Shield. Of more urgent importance, however, is the sensitivity of freshwater ecosystems to anthropogenic activities and the requirement for catchment-specific conservation plans (Castello et al. 2013). Here, even rapid biodiversity surveys are of upmost importance in revealing alpha diversity (Alofs et al. 2014), with these surveys being subsequently used to inform conservation priorities (Nogueira et al. 2010). 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