Scoloplax empousa Schaefer, Weitzman, Britski, 1989

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, Neotropical Ichthyology 16 (2), pp. 1-111 : 89

Scoloplax empousa Schaefer, Weitzman, Britski, 1989

Fig. 31

Body depressed anteriorly, compressed posteriorly; greatest depth contained 5.7 to 6.8 times in SL; head length 3.7 to 4.2, pectoral fin length 4.0 to 4.2 and pelvic fin length 4.7 to 5.5 in SL; snout length 3.4 to 5.1 and least interorbital width 2.9 to 3.6 in HL. Mouth inferior, premaxilla and dentary with several small teeth. Dorsal fin with I,4, pectoral fin with I,5, pelvic fin with I,3 or 4 and anal fin with 6 rays ( Britski et al., 2007). Ground color dark-brown, darker dorsally, lighter ventrally. Caudal-fin base with dark-brown blotch, followed by light-beige area alternating with dark-brown area; pelvic fin with dark-brown spots; dorsal, pectoral and anal fins irregularly spotted, with light-beige areas alternating with dark-brown areas ( Graça, Pavanelli, 2007).

Maximum standard length. 24.0 mm ( Graça, Pavanelli, 2007).

Distribution. Amazon basin and Paraná-Paraguay system.

Figures

Fig. 31. a. Microglanis garavelloi, córrego Dourado, tributary of the rio Iguatemi, Japorã, State of Mato Grosso do Sul. b. Pseudopimelodus mangurus, 180.0 mm SL, uncat. c. Rhyacoglanis paranensis, NUP 14877, 42.7 mm SL, rio Curimba, tributary of the rio Ivaí, Umuarama, State of Paraná. d. Scoloplax empousa, NUP 17582, 19.6 mm SL, córrego Guaçu, tributary of the rio Abambai, Itaquirai, State of Mato Grosso do Sul. e. Paravandellia oxyptera, NUP 313, 18.0 mm SL, Itaipu Reservoir, Foz do Iguaçu, State of Paraná. f. Trichomycterus davisi, 80.9 mm SL, uncat. g. Trichomycterus diabolus, NUP 10046, 83.5 mm SL, rio Iguatemi, tributary of the rio Paraná, Sapucaia, Mato Grosso do Sul State.