Serrasalmus maculatus Kner 1858
Description
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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.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Related works
- Cites
- Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.3678425 (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
- 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.