Astyanax xavante, a new species of characid from middle rio Araguaia in the Cerrado region, Central Brazil (Characiformes: Characidae) Author Garutti, Valdener Visiting Scientist, CNPq-UFMT & Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso - Campus Universitário do Araguaia,. Rodovia MT 100, Km 3.5, 78698 - 000 Pontal do Araguaia, MT, Brazil. valdenergarutti@yahoo.com.br Author Venere, Paulo Cesar Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso - Campus Universitário do Araguaia,. Rodovia MT 100, Km 3.5, 78698 - 000 Pontal do Araguaia, MT, Brazil. & PPG Ecologia e Conservação da Biodiversidade / IB / UFMT, Cuiabá, MT, Brazil pvenere@uol.com.br text Neotropical Ichthyology 2009 2009-09-30 7 3 377 383 http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252009000300004&lng=en&tlng=en journal article 312416 10.1590/S1679-62252009000300004 4b16cd36-02e5-44f3-8e00-249ab5285954 1982-0224 5420724

Table 1. Morphometric and meristic data of the holotype and paratypes of Astyanax xavante (N: number of specimens; M: mean; SD: standard deviation).

Character	N	M±SD	range	holotype
Standard length (mm)	25	46.6	33.6-59.6	57.3
Head length (mm)	25	14.0±2.4	10.0-19.8	17.1
Body depth (mm)	25	17.5±2.7	12.1-22.7	21.2
Percents of standard length
Head length	25	29.8±0.8	28.4-31.2	29.8
Body depth	25	37.7±1.3	35.5-40.2	37.0
Caudal peduncle depth	25	12.7±0.6	12.0-13.8	12.6
Snout to dorsal-fin origin	25	53.3±1.3	50.0-56.0	53.1
Snout to anal-fin origin	25	65.4±1.3	62.3-67.7	66.5
Distance dorsal-pectoral fins	25	41.8±1.3	39.4-44.7	43.1
Distance dorsal-anal fins	25	38.2±1.4	35.6-41.3	37.5
Distance anal-adipose fins	25	37.0±1.4	35.0-40.2	35.6
Distance dorsal-adipose fins	25	37.7±1.3	36.0-40.0	36.6
Percents of head length
Orbital diameter	25	36.7±2.1	31.6-40.0	31.6
Interorbital width	25	36.4±1.3	34.5-39.4	38.6
Head depth	25	98.2±4.2 92.2-106.2		99.4
Upper jaw length	23	46.8±2.5	42.2-50.7	49.7
Snout length	24	26.2±1.8	22.7-30.7	28.2
Percents of body depth
Caudal peduncle depth	25	33.3±1.6	31.0-36.5	33.9