Oligosarcus argenteus Guenther , 1864

dos Santos, Sergio Alexandre & de Britto, Marcelo Ribeiro, 2021, The ichthyofauna of a poorly known area in the middle-southern Espinhaco mountain range, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil: diagnostics and identification keys, ZooKeys 1054, pp. 25-66 : 25

Oligosarcus argenteus Guenther, 1864

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Distribution.

Rio Doce, rio das Velhas, and upper rio Paraná basins, Brazil.

Diagnosis.

Oligosarcus argenteus is diagnosed by having 17-24 teeth in maxillary bone; 44-48 perforated scales in lateral line; 8-9 series of scales above and 6-8 below lateral line; iv-v+20-25 branched rays in the anal fin; 17-20 scales around caudal peduncle.

Figures

Figure 3. Characiformes species from the middle-southern Espinhaco mountain range, Minas Gerais state, Brazil A Hypomasticus thayeri, MNRJ 43577, 91.1 mm SL B Characidium fasciatum, MNRJ 48435, 68.8 mm SL C Characidium sp. A, MNRJ 46861, 65.5 mm SL D Characidium sp. B, MNRJ 48460, 56.2 mm SL E Characidium sp. C, MNRJ 46911, 42.3 mm SL F Astyanax lacustris, MNRJ 48521, 52.6 mm SL G Deuterodon giton, MNRJ 48129, 47.5 mm SL H Deuterodon intermedius, MNRJ 47840, 42.1 mm SL I Deuterodon pedri, MNRJ 48381, 65.5 mm SL J Deuterodon aff. taeniatus, MNRJ 45824, 55.5 mm SL K Hasemania nana, MNRJ 48440, 28.4 mm SL L Hasemania sp., MNRJ 48416, 25.1 mm SL M Oligosarcus argenteus, MNRJ 48393, 82.6 mm SL N Piabina argentea, MZUSP 110200, 44.2 mm SL O Psalidodon rivularis, MNRJ 48516, 46.8 mm SL P Psalidodon sp. MNRJ 48128, 59.4 mm SL Q Hoplias intermedius MZUSP 54696, 40.4 mm SL.