Hypomasticus mormyrops (Steindachner, 1875)

dos Santos, Sergio Alexandre & de Britto, Marcelo Ribeiro, 2021, The ichthyofauna of a poorly known area in the middle-southern Espinhaco mountain range, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil: diagnostics and identification keys, ZooKeys 1054, pp. 25-66 : 25

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1054.67554

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scientific name

Hypomasticus mormyrops (Steindachner, 1875)
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Distribution.

Rio Paraíba do Sul, rio Piabanha, and rio Doce basins, Brazil.

Diagnosis.

Hypomasticus mormyrops differs from H. thayeri by the moderate lips; mouth ventral; premaxillary and dentary teeth anteriorly oriented when mouth is closed; first teeth (close to the symphysis in the premaxilla and dentary) larger than the others.