Apareiodon affinis ( Steindachner, 1879 )

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 : 371

Apareiodon affinis ( Steindachner, 1879)

Parodon affinis Steindachner 1879: 20 [original description]. Apareiodon affinis — Graça and Pavanelli 2007: 26, 27.

Material examined. Table 2; Figure 5T.

Elongated body; subterminal mouth; premaxilla with 4 or 5, maxilla with 2 or 3 and dentary with no teeth. Lateral line with 39–46 pored scales; transversal series above lateral line with 4½ or 5 scale rows and below with 3 or 4½ scale rows. Dorsal fin with 10–13, pectoral fin with 11–14, pelvic fin with 7–9, anal fin with 7 or 8 rays and caudal fin with 18 or 19, total rays ( Pavanelli 1999). Ground color silvery to pale yellow; black longitudinal band along lateral line, from opercle to median caudal- fin rays, without adjacent dark blotches downwards; 6–8 dark brown transversal bars above longitudinal band; hyaline fins or with few scattered dark cromathophores.