Una nueva especie del género Yuriria Jordan & Evermann, 1896 (Actinopterygii, Cyprinidae) de la cuenca del río Ameca en la Mesa Central Mexicana

A new cyprinid species is described based on morfometric, meristic and genetic characters. The new species identified, Yuriria amatlana sp. nov., inhabits the high Ameca Basin in the central plateau of Mexico. This Mexican minnow differs from Yuriria alta and Yuriria chapalae in terms of the following characters: (50-52) 53-54 pored lateralline scales; 10 upper transverse-line scales, 5-6 lower transverse-line scales and 8-10 gill rakers. Body coloration is light yellowish-brown. Compared to Yuriria alta and Yuriria chapalae, the new species has a less conspicuous dark grey band running from the start of the dorsal fin to the head. Cytochrome b gene sequences differ from those of Yuriria alta and Yuriria chapalae in terms of 29 fixed nucleotide positions (molecular autopomorphies). Calculated genetic divergences for the cytochrome b gene were: `DHKY = 3.8 (3.2-4.4%) between Yuriria amatlana sp. nov. and Y. alta; `DHKY = 5 (4.8-5.2%) between Y. amatlana sp. nov and Y. chapalae; and `DHKY = 2.6 (2.1-3.3%) between Y. chapalae and Y. alta.Se describe una nueva especie, Yuriria amatlana sp. nov., en base a caracteres morfométricos, merísticos y genéticos. La nueva especie proviene de la parte alta de la cuenca del río Ameca en la Meseta Central de México. Esta especie se diferencia de Yuriria alta y Yuriria chapalae por una combinación de los siguientes caracteres: (50-52) 53-54 escamas en una serie longitudinal, 10 escamas en una serie transversal por encima de la línea lateral y 5-6 escamas por debajo de la línea lateral y 8-10 branquiespinas. El color del cuerpo es amarillo-marrón claro. La nueva especie tiene una banda gris oscura menos marcada en el cuerpo desde el comienzo de la aleta dorsal hacia la cabeza con respecto a Yuriria alta y Yuriria chapalae. La nueva especie se diferencia de Yuriria alta y Yuriria chapalae en 29 posiciones nucleotídicas fijadas (autopomorfias moleculares) para el citocromo b. La divergencia genética entre Yuriria alta y Yuriria amatlana sp. nov. para el citocromo b fue de `DHKY = 3.8 (3.2-4.4%); entre Y. amatlana sp. nov. y Y. chapalae fue `DHKY = 5 (4.8-5.2%) y entre Y. chapalae y Y. alta fue `DHKY = 2.6 (2.1-3.3%)

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Transformation Optics Approach to Plasmon-Exciton Strong Coupling in Nanocavities

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Effective capillary interaction of spherical particles at fluid interfaces

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