Cryptic diversity in Astroblepus (Siluriformes: Astroblepidae): Integrative taxonomy reveals evolutionary complexity in the Esmeraldas River Basin, Ecuador

• Kevin P. Chugá-Puetate ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Kevin P. Chugá-Puetate

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Carrera de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Central del Ecuador, Numa Pompilio Llona and Yaguachi, Quito, Ecuador, Fundación Cóndor Andino, Tamayo and Lizardo García, Quito, Ecuador

  https://orcid.org/0009-0002-8887-4660

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• María Peñaranda-Valla,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Validation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Carrera de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Central del Ecuador, Numa Pompilio Llona and Yaguachi, Quito, Ecuador

  https://orcid.org/0009-0005-3112-4465

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• Daniel Escobar-Camacho,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratorio de Ecología Acuática, Global Research & Solutions Center USFQ, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6660-4331

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• Jonathan Valdiviezo-Rivera,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, Rumipamba and Shyris, Quito, Ecuador

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• Juan F. Rivadeneira

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jfrivadeneira@uce.edu.ec

  Affiliation Carrera de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Central del Ecuador, Numa Pompilio Llona and Yaguachi, Quito, Ecuador

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3293-8381

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