Published March 7, 2016
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Fig. 2 in A new Corydoras Lacépède, 1803 (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) from the rio Araguaia basin, Brazil, with comments about Corydoras araguaiaensis Sands, 1990
Authors/Creators
- 1. Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia de Ambientes Aquáticos Continentais. Av. Colombo, 5790, 87020-900 Maringá, PR, Brazil.
- 2. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Museu Nacional, Departamento de Vertebrados, Setor de Ictiologia. Quinta da Boa Vista s/n, São Cristóvão, 20940-040 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Description
Fig. 2. Lateral view of the head of c&s specimens of (a, c) Corydoras eversi, paratype, NUP 17310, 42.5 mm SL, showing the well-developed ventral expansion of the infraorbital 1 and the platelets on the snout (a) and infraorbital 2 in contact with compound pterotic (c); and (b, d) Corydoras araguaiaensis, MZUSP 87155, 31.8 mm SL, showing the moderately-developed ventral expansion of the infraorbital 1 (b) and infraorbital 2 not in contact with compound pterotic (d). The dotted lines in (c) and (d) represent the suture between sphenotic and compound pterotic. Abbreviations: io1: infraorbital 1, io2: infraorbital 2, sph: sphenotic, cpt: compound pterotic. Scale bar = 1.0 mm.