CLOFFAR - update 3 - supplement to Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of Argentina

In May 2016 we have published the second update to CLOFFAR and in these few months a total of 22 changes have summed up. The total number of fishes known from the freshwaters of Argentina has increased to 538, caused by one new Hoplias and 13 first records. Four new combinations and four synonymizations do not have influence on the total count. The paper of most importance in quantity without doubt is the one of Casciotta et al. on their findings in the Iguazú National Park, unfortunately also including two first records of exotic introduced species, Clarias gariepinus and Geophagus brasiliensis. Clarias gariepinus was included in this update against our standard to only recognize records which have been published based on voucher material. In this case the determination could undoubtfully be done based on a photo and this invasive species has been reported before from the lower Iguazú river in Brazil in 2012 already. The confirmation of Crenicichla iguassuensis has undergone some see-saw development in the past and the respective remarks can be found when following the link. Also another publication needs to be commented on: The synonymyzations of four rivulids by Calviño has been published as an isolated statement beyond any systematical context. Nevertheless, it has been formally published and in some of these cases the probability of being synonyms had been stated previously by other authors. Future will show the resilience and acceptance of those synonymizations. The paper of Ortí et al. dates from 2008 and was simply not known to us before and thus, the new combination of Myloplus tiete from Myleus is only included now, eigth years later.Fil: Koerber, Stefan. Gesellschaft für Ichthyolgie; AlemaniaFil: Litz, Thomas O.. Gesellschaft für Ichthyolgie; AlemaniaFil: Mirande, Juan Marcos. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico - Tucumán. Unidad Ejecutora Lillo; Argentin

On some species of Astyanax reported erroneously from Argentina

Several species of Astyanax have been reported from Argentina which currently are considered not to be distributed so far South or whose identity as Astyanax is doubtful. These records have been copied during decades based on historic accounts or erroneous determination. We conclude that Astyanax bimaculatus, A. fasciatus, A. paranahybae, A. scabripinnis, and A. taeniatus shall be excluded from the faunal lists of Argentina and, at least in the case of A. fasciatus, also of Uruguay.Varias especies de Astyanax han sido reportadas para Argentina, de las que actualmente no se considera que estén distribuidas tan al sur o cuya identidad en Astyanax es dudosa. Estos registros han sido repetidos durante décadas basándose en cuestiones históricas o identificaciones erróneas. Nosotros concluimos que Astyanax bimaculatus, A. fasciatus, A. paranahybae, A. scabripinnis y A. taeniatus deberían ser excluidas de las listas de fauna de Argentina y, al menos en el caso de A. fasciatus, también de Uruguay.Fil: Mirande, Juan Marcos. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Fundación Miguel Lillo; ArgentinaFil: Koerber, Stefan

Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of Argentina (CLOFFAR)

The purpose of this paper is to present an updated list of freshwater fishes found in Argentina based on the available literature. Since the last list was published in 2003, most systematical and distributional changes were presented on www.pecescriollos.de and updates have been published frequently. In only 12 years the number of species reported from Argentina has increased from 379 to 515 and the mentioned accumulative updates at the end had reached 15 pages, becoming a little bit complex and cluttered when used as supplements to the list published by López et al. (2003). After receiving several incitements we finally decided to review the available data and elaborate the present contribution. As usual in the past years already, we will continue to frequently publish updates, offering the possibility to keep updated on the species of freshwater fishes from Argentina.Fil: Mirande, Juan Marcos. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Fundación Miguel Lillo; ArgentinaFil: Koerber, Stefan

Extracting the Single-Particle Gap in Carbon Nanotubes with Lattice Quantum Monte Carlo

We show how lattice Quantum Monte Carlo simulations can be used to calculate electronic properties of carbon nanotubes in the presence of strong electron-electron correlations. We employ the path integral formalism and use methods developed within the lattice QCD community for our numerical work and compare our results to empirical data of the Anti-Ferromagnetic Mott Insulating gap in large diameter tubes.Comment: 8 pages, 5 figures, Lat2017 proceedin

CLOFFAR - update 1 - supplement to Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of Argentina

Despite the fact that this first update of CLOFFAR contains 15 changes, the number of species has increased by only 4. The main driver for the recent changes is the paper of Thomaz et al., proposing 8 new combinations for stevardiine characiforms. In addition, 2 new Crenicichla and first records for a tachuela, a pejerrey, and a heptapterid have been published. The latter also resulted in the negative account for another heptapterid, erroneously determined before, increasing the number of freshwater fish species known from Argentina to 519.Fil: Koerber, Stefan.Fil: Litz, Thomas O..Fil: Mirande, Juan Marcos. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Fundación Miguel Lillo; Argentin

Who's behind those red eyes? The Moenkhausia oligolepis group in Argentina (Characiformes: Characidae)

The history of red-eyed Moenkhausia in Argentina dates back to 1937 when Meinken mentioned M.sanctaefilomenae for the first time based on specimens received from Corrientes. Meinken?s lot stillexists in the ichthyological collection in Berlin and based on this material and preserved specimensfrom other collection we can confirm that from the species group of the red-eyed Moenkhausia so faronly M. australis and M. forestii have been collected in Argentina, while the records of M.sanctaefilomenae must be considered erroneous.Fil: Mirande, Juan Marcos. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico - Tucumán. Unidad Ejecutora Lillo; Argentina. Fundación Miguel Lillo. Dirección de Zoología. Instituto de Vertebrados. Sección Ictiología; ArgentinaFil: Koerber, Stefan. Kca, Grupo de Estudio del Killi Club Argentino; ArgentinaFil: Teran, Guillermo Enrique. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico - Tucumán. Unidad Ejecutora Lillo; Argentina. Fundación Miguel Lillo. Dirección de Zoología. Instituto de Vertebrados. Sección Ictiología; ArgentinaFil: Aguilera, Gaston. Fundación Miguel Lillo. Dirección de Zoología. Instituto de Vertebrados. Sección Ictiología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico - Tucumán. Unidad Ejecutora Lillo; Argentin

First record of <i>Gymnogeophagus terrapurpura</i> (Teleostei: Cichliformes) from Argentina

The genus Gymnogeophagus Miranda Ribeiro 1918 is a diverse genus of geophagin Neotropical cichlids with 1 fossil (Malabarba et al., 2010) and 17 extant species (Malabarba et al., 2015; Loureiro et al., 2016). Species of this genus are endemic to the La Plata basin, the Laguna dos Patos/Merím system, and rio Tramandaí drainage (Malabarba et al., 2015) with one record of G. balzanii in the headwaters of the Guaporé river in the Amazon basin (Lowe-McConnell, 1975). This genus is diagnosed by the presence of a forward-directed spine on top of the first dorsal-fin pterygiophore and by the absence of bony supraneurals (Gosse, 1976). Recently, Gymnogeophagus terrapurpura Loureiro, Zarucki, Malabarba & González-Bergonzoni, 2016 was described as a member of the substrate brooding Gymnogeophagus-rhabdotus-group from the East of the lower Uruguay river basin, the Eastern coastal affluents of the Río de la Plata estuary, and affluents of the Atlantic Ocean in Uruguay. The aim of this work is to report the occurrence of this species in Argentina in tributaries of the Uruguay river near the city of Colón in Entre Ríos province. As part of a revision of the genus Gymnogeophagus from Argentina, we examined existing collection specimens from the San Benito creek and recently collected fresh material from the Perucho Verna and the La Leche creeks, which have been identified as Gymnogeophagus terrapurpura (fig. 1-5).Instituto de Limnología "Dr. Raúl A. Ringuelet

Hisonotus hungy sp. n. (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) a new species from arroyo Tirica, Misiones, Argentina

Hisonotus hungy sp. n. is described from the arroyo Tirica, río Paraná basin in Misiones province, Argentina. Hisonotus hungy sp. n. is diagnosed by the following combination of characters: 20-22 lateral plates, 5 branched anal-fin rays, absence of pad on snout tip, blunt and deep snout, snout 45.5-50.9 (% in HL), eye 13.4-17.1 (% in HL), predorsal unpaired plates absent; vent completely covered by two rows of large lateral platelets and one median series with irregular plates.Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Muse

Hisonotus hungy sp. n. (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) a new species from arroyo Tirica, Misiones, Argentina

Hisonotus hungy sp. n. is described from the arroyo Tirica, río Paraná basin in Misiones province, Argentina. Hisonotus hungy sp. n. is diagnosed by the following combination of characters: 20-22 lateral plates, 5 branched anal-fin rays, absence of pad on snout tip, blunt and deep snout, snout 45.5-50.9 (% in HL), eye 13.4-17.1 (% in HL), predorsal unpaired plates absent; vent completely covered by two rows of large lateral platelets and one median series with irregular plates.Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Muse

Prostate bed irradiation with alternative radio-oncological approaches (PAROS) - a prospective, multicenter and randomized phase III trial

Background: For patients with treatment-naïve carcinoma of the prostate, hypofractionated irradiation becomes more and more popular. Due to the low α/β value of prostate cancer, increased single dose leading to a shortened treatment period seems to be safe and feasible. However, reliable data is lacking for post-prostatectomy patients so far. Further, the role of proton therapy is still under debate. Two prospective phase II trials with both, hypofractionated photon and proton therapy, provided promising results. Methods/design: The PAROS trial is a prospective, multicenter and randomized phase III trial for men with localized prostate carcinoma after surgery. Post-prostatectomy patients will be randomized to either normofractionated radiotherapy (nRT) with photons (70.0/ 2.0 Gy), or hypofractionated radiotherapy (hRT) with photons (57.0/ 3.0 Gy) or hRT with protons (57.0/ 3.0 Gy relative biological effectiveness [RBE]). Block randomization is stratified by Gleason Score (≤ 7 vs. &gt; 7) and treatment indication (adjuvant vs. salvage). The trial is planned to enroll 897 patients. The primary objective is to show an improvement in the bowel-score according to EORTC QLQ-PR25 after proton therapy compared to photon irradiation (week 12 vs. baseline). Secondary aims are non-inferiority of hRT compared to nRT with regard to biochemical progression-free survival (bPFS), overall survival (OS), quality of life and toxicity. Discussion: The present study aims to evaluate the role of hypofractionated radiotherapy to the prostate bed with photons and protons leading to significant impact on future management of operated men with prostate cancer. Trial registration: Deutsches Register klinischer Studien DRKS00015231; registered 27 September 2018