Leporinus friderici ( Bloch, 1794 )

Batista-Silva, Valéria Flávia, Frota, Augusto, Kashiwaqui, Elaine Antoniassi Luiz, Abelha, Milza Celi Fedatto, Bailly, Dayani, Gubiani, Éder André & Júnio da Graça, Weferson, 2018, Ichthyofauna from three streams of the lower Iguatemi River in the upper Paraná river basin, Brazil, Check List 14 (2), pp. 363-378 : 367

Leporinus friderici ( Bloch, 1794)

Salmus friderici Bloch 1794: 94 [original description].

Leporinus friderici — Graça and Pavanelli 2007: 38, 41.

Material examined. Table 2; Figure 5A.

Elongated body; terminal mouth; premaxilla and dentary with 4 teeth, no maxillary teeth. Lateral line with 37–41 pored scales; transversal series above lateral line with 4–5½ scale rows and below with 4–5½ scale rows. Dorsal fin with 11 or 12, pectoral fin with 15–17, pelvic fin with 9, anal fin with 10 and caudal fin with 19, total rays ( Garavello 1979). Ground color silvery to yellowish; dorsal portion of iris red; 3 dark-brown rounded or oval, horizontally elongated, blotches on flank; region of con- tact between flank scales below lateral line with orange or red spots, forming longitudinal series. Fins yellowish.