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Leporinus lacustris Campos 1945

Description

Leporinus lacustris Campos, 1945

Fig. 4

Body deep; greatest depth contained 2.8 to 3.4 and caudal peduncle depth 6.4 to 8.0 times in SL; head length 3.2 to 3.8, predorsal distance 1.9 to 2.1, caudal peduncle length 13.3 to 13.5 in SL; snout length 1.3 to 2.5, horizontal orbital diameter 3.4 to 4.5 and least interorbital width 1.7 to 2.0. Mouth terminal; premaxilla and dentary with 4 teeth, no maxillary teeth. Lateral line with 32-36 pored scales; transverse series above and below lateral line with 4 or 4½ scale rows. Dorsal fin with 12, pectoral fin with 14-16, pelvic fin with 8 or 9, anal fin with 10 and caudal fin with 19 rays (Campos, 1945; Garavello, 1979). Ground color greyish to pale yellow; three grey to black rounded blotches along lateral line, first and most conspicuous below dorsal fin. Yellowish fins (Graça, Pavanelli, 2007).

Maximum standard length. 230.0 mm (Graça, Pavanelli, 2007).

Distribution. Paraná-Paraguay system.

Notes

Published as part of Ota, Renata Rúbia, Deprá, Gabriel de Carvalho, Graça, Weferson Júnio da & Pavanelli, Carla Simone, 2018, Peixes da planície de inundação do alto rio Paraná e áreas adjacentes: revised, annotated and updated, pp. 1-111 in Neotropical Ichthyology 16 (2) on pages 19-20, DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-20170094, http://zenodo.org/record/3678395

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Biodiversity

Family
Anostomidae
Genus
Leporinus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Characiformes
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Campos
Species
lacustris
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Leporinus lacustris Campos, 1945 sec. Ota, Deprá, Graça & Pavanelli, 2018

References

  • Campos AA. Contribuicao ao estudo das especies brasileiras do genero Leporinus. Pap Avulsos Zool. 1945; 5 (16): 141 - 58.
  • Garavello JC. Revisao taxonomica do genero Leporinus Spix, 1829 (Ostariophysi, Anostomidae). [PhD Thesis]. Sao Paulo, SP: Universidade de Sao Paulo; 1979.
  • Pavanelli CS, Graca WJ, Zawadzki CH, Britski HA, Vidotti AP, Avelino GS, Verissimo S. Fishes from the Corumba Reservoir, Paranaiba River drainage, upper rio Parana basin, State of Goias, Brazil. Check List. 2007; 3 (1): 58 - 64.