Abstract
Megalodoras uranoscopus (Eigenmann & Eigenmann) (Siluriformes, Doradidae) (the giant-talking catfishorthe giant-raphael catfish), from the Peruvian Amazon, hosts a new species of Cosmetocleithrum described herein as Cosmetocleithrum falsunilatum sp. n. The male copulatory organ of the new species closely resembles that of Unilatus spp. - with multiple tight loops and non-articulated accessory piece - which reveals its morphological uniqueness among members of Cosmetocleithrum. A phylogenetic analysis using 28S rDNA of available sequences suggests that Cosmetocleithrum is composed by two basal clades, one of them composed by sequences of the new species and C. trachydorasi.
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