Steindachnerina insculpta
Description
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Body elongated; greatest body depth contained 2.9 to 3.4 and caudal peduncle depth 7.7 to 9.1 times in SL; head length 3.2 to 3.7, predorsal distance 2.0 to 2.2 and caudal peduncle length 9.1 to 9.7 in SL; snout length 3.0 to 3.4, horizontal orbital diameter 3.0 to 3.4 and least interorbital width 2.4 to 2.6 in HL. Mouth terminal; premaxilla, dentary and maxilla without teeth in adults. Lateral line with 34-40 pored scales; transverse series above lateral line with 6½- 7½ scale rows and below with 4½-5½ scale rows. Dorsal fin with 11, pectoral fin with 12-15, pelvic fin with 9, anal fin with 9 or 10 and caudal fin with 19 rays (Vari, 1991). Ground color silvery; black conspicuous longitudinal stripe along lateral line to distal margin of median caudal-fin rays, larger on caudal peduncle. Yellowish fins; dorsal fin with few scattered black chromatophores (Graça, Pavanelli, 2007).
Maximum standard length. 144.0 mm (Graça, Pavanelli, 2007).
Distribution. Upper rio Paraná basin.
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Identifiers
Related works
- Cites
- Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.3678419 (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
- Fernandez-Yepez
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Characiformes
- Family
- Curimatidae
- Genus
- Steindachnerina
- Species
- insculpta
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Steindachnerina insculpta (Fernandez-Yepez, 1948) sec. Ota, Deprá, Graça & Pavanelli, 2018
References
- Vari RP. Systematics of the Neotropical Characiform genus Steindachnerina Fowler (Pisces: Ostariophysi). Washington (DC): Smithsonian Institution Press; 1991. (Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology; no. 507).
- 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.