Pimelodus maculatus Lacepede 1803
Description
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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.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Related works
- Cites
- Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.3678455 (DOI)
- Is part of
- Journal article: 10.1590/1982-0224-20170094 (DOI)
- Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/3678395 (URL)
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFB0397B3847FFE9FFB4FFDA2B5A0600 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Lacepede
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Siluriformes
- Family
- Pimelodidae
- Genus
- Pimelodus
- Species
- maculatus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Pimelodus maculatus Lacepede, 1803 sec. Ota, Deprá, Graça & Pavanelli, 2018
References
- 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.