A new species of Leporinus (Characiformes: Anostomidae) from the rio Jequitinhonha, eastern Brazil Author Birindelli, José Luís Olivan 0000-0001-9646-9636 Museu de Zoologia, Departamento de Biologia Animal e Vegetal, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Caixa Postal 10011, 86057 - 970, Londrina, PR, Brazil josebirindelli@uel.br Author Vieira, Fábio 0000-0001-7976-7279 Amplo Engenharia e Gestão de Projetos, rua Bernardo Guimarães, 245, Belo Horizonte, MG, 30140 - 080, Brazil fabio.vieira@amploengenharia.com.br Author Garavello, Júlio César 0000-0003-2985-6665 Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Via Washington Luiz, Km 235, 676, 13565 - 905, São Carlos, SP, Brazil jgaravello@ufscar.br text Zootaxa 2026 2026-01-22 5750 4 564 578 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5750.4.6 journal article 314933 10.11646/zootaxa.5750.4.6 8dd72346-d742-4b16-8ba7-97672ea42d4f 1175-5326 19608902 9AA36201-1704-4BF9-921D-623C066EDC26

TABLE 3. Genetic distance based on cytochrome C oxidase subunit I (COI) between species, shown below the diagonal, and within species, shown in diagonal in bold. Standard error estimates shown above the diagonal. Analyses were conducted using the Kimura 2-parameter model. All values in percentages.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1. L. maxakali (n=5)	0.41	0.82	1.83	1.69	1.33	2.22	1.91	1.90	1.73
2. L. microphthalmus (n=3)	3.88	0.11	2.00	1.83	1.59	2.30	1.88	1.94	1.71
3. L. melanopleurodes (n=1)	12.31	13.21	-	1.63	1.88	2.31	2.13	1.96	1.85
4. L. melanopleura (n=2)	11.66	12.37	10.20	0.16	1.79	2.54	2.24	2.28	1.98
5. L. amblyrhynchus (n=14)	8.47	9.98	12.15	12.15	0.95	2.33	2.11	2.20	1.87
6. L. paranensis (n=1)	14.77	14.86	15.28	17.58	16.40	-	0.67	0.95	1.32
7. L. inexpectatus (n=5)	13.73	13.15	14.93	16.33	15.78	2.23	0.27	0.83	1.23
8. L. bahiensis (n=20)	13.60	13.63	13.74	16.77	16.71	4.35	3.91	1.19	1.17
9. L. friderici (n=5)	12.02	11.38	12.73	13.92	13.56	6.71	6.68	7.10	0.24