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Serrasalmus maculatus Kner 1858

Description

Serrasalmus maculatus Kner, 1858

Fig. 15

Body deep; greatest depth contained 1.6 to 1.8 and caudal peduncle depth 8.2 to 9.7 times in SL; head length 2.8 to 3.2, predorsal distance 1.6 to 1.7 and caudal peduncle length 10.5 to 11.4 in SL; snout length 3.7 to 4.6, horizontal orbital diameter 3.5 to 4.5 and least interorbital width 2.6 to 3.0 in HL. Mouth terminal, dentary prognathous; premaxilla with 6, dentary with 7, maxilla with no teeth and palate with 4-7 teeth. Lateral line with 69-75 pored scales; transverse series above lateral line with 29-33 scale rows and below with 24- 29 scale rows. Dorsal and pectoral fin with 15-17, pelvic fin with 6 or 7, anal fin with 30-33 and caudal fin with 19 rays (Jégu, Santos, 2001). Ground color silvery to yellowish; several dark-brown rounded blotches on body. Yellowish fins; unpaired fins with distal margin black, except caudal fin, with hyaline margin, preceded by black transverse bar (Graça, Pavanelli, 2007).

Maximum standard length. 268.0 mm (Graça, Pavanelli, 2007).

Distribution. Amazon and 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 page 53, DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-20170094, http://zenodo.org/record/3678395

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Scientific name authorship
Kner
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Characiformes
Family
Serrasalmidae
Genus
Serrasalmus
Species
maculatus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Serrasalmus maculatus Kner, 1858 sec. Ota, Deprá, Graça & Pavanelli, 2018

References

  • Jegu M, Santos GM. Mise au point a propos de Serrasalmus spilopleura Kner, 1858 et rehabilitation de S. maculatus Kner, 1858 (Characidae: Serrasalminae). Cybium. 2001; 25 (2): 119 - 43.
  • 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.