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Pimelodus maculatus Lacepede 1803

Description

Pimelodus maculatus Lacépède, 1803

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Body deep; greatest depth contained 3.7 to 4.0 times in SL; head length 3.3 to 3.7, anal-fin base length 7.4 to 8.6, adipose-fin base length 4.2 to 4.4, maxillary-barbel length 0.9 to 1.4 in SL; snout length 2.0 to 2.3, horizontal orbital diameter 4.5 to 6.0, least interorbital width 3.3 to 3.8 in HL (Deprá et al., 2015); orbital diameter 0.8 to 1.2 in interorbital width. Mouth terminal; dentigerous tooth plates in both premaxilla and dentary; teeth absent in vomer and metapterygoid. Dorsal fin with I,6 rays, pectoral fin with I,11-14, pelvic fin with 6 and anal fin with 11-14 rays. Ground color yellowish; longitudinal series of dark-brown blotches. Dark-grey fins with black spots, especially on caudal and adipose fins (Graça, Pavanelli, 2007).

Maximum standard length. 275.0 mm (Deprá et al., 2015)

Distribution. Río de la Plata basin.

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 page 83, DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-20170094, http://zenodo.org/record/3678395

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  • Depra GC, Ota RR, Souza F, Graca WJ, Pavanelli CS. Widening the geographical distribution of Pimelodus mysteriosus Azpelicueta 1998 (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) to the upper Parana River, with diagnosis for syntopic congeners. Biota Neotropica. 2015; 15 (3): 1 - 6.
  • 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.