Sternopygidae, Cope, 1871

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 : 372

Family Sternopygidae

Eigenmannia guairaca Peixoto, Dutra & Wosiacki, 2015 Eigenmannia guairaca Peixoto et al. (2015) : 394, Fig. 9 [original

description].

Material examined. Table 2.

Elongated and compressed body; terminal mouth; premaxilla with 9 or 10 teeth distributed in two rows. Lateral line complete, with 110–143 pored scales; transversal series above lateral line with 9–11 scale rows. Pectoral fin with 12 or 13 and anal fin with 151–170, total rays ( Peixoto et al. 2015). Ground color pale brown; four dark-brown longitudinal stripes on flank (one superior medial, one lateral line, one inferior medial and one at anal-fin base).