Characidium heirmostigmata Graça & Pavanelli, 2008

Casciotta, Jorge, Almirón, Adriana, Doubnerová, Klára, Piálek, Lubomír & Říčan, Oldřich, 2015, First records of Characidium heirmostigmata and C. serrano (Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from freshwaters of Argentina., Ichthyological Contributions of PecesCriollos 34, pp. 1-3 : 1

Characidium heirmostigmata Graça & Pavanelli, 2008 ( fig. 2 )

Morphometric data are given in table 1 . Premaxillary teeth 7-8; dentary teeth 5-8. Lateral line scales 33- 34. Scale rows above lateral line 4 and below 3. Scales in predorsal series 9-11. Scales around caudal peduncle 12. Dorsal-fin rays iii,9-iv9. Pectoral-fin rays iii,9-iii,10. Anal-fin rays ii, 6-iii,6.

Characidium heirmostigmata is only known from tributaries of the rio Ivai , upper rio Paraná basin in Paraná state, Brazil. We found specimens of Characidium heirmostigmata in the arroyo Garuhapé, middle río Paraná basin, Misiones Province Argentina ( fig. 1 ).

Material examined: MLP 10750 , 6 ex., 52.0- 54.5 mm SL, río Paraná basin, Misiones Province, arroyo Garuhapé (26°53'02.1" S, 54°53'32.6" W), December 2007 .

Figures

fig 1. (left). Map showing the collecting sites in Misiones, Argentina: 1. arroyo Garuhapé, 2. arroyo Shangay, 3. arroyo Toro

fig 2. (above). Characidium heirmostigmata, upon capture. MLP 10750, arroyo Garuhape