A new species of Corumbataia (siluriformes: Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae) from upper Rio Tocantins Basin, Central Brazil

Corumbatala veadeiros, new species, is described from the upper Mo Tocantins basin at the Chapada dos Veadeiros formation. Colás State, central Brazil. The new species Is distinguished from all other species of Corumbataia by its lack of a raised tuft of enlarged odontodes on the supraoccipltal, an infraorbital canal entering the infraorbital series via the sphenotk, and by the color pattern of the caudal fin, which Is composed of vertical dark bars.