Poeciliidae

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 Poeciliidae

Phalloceros harpagos Lucinda, 2008 Phalloceros sp. n — Lucinda and Reis 2005. Phalloceros aff. caudimaculatus — Graça and Pavanelli 2007: 196. Phalloceros harpagos Lucinda 2008: 134 , 135; fig. 27 [original descrip-

tion]— Hoffmann et al. 2015: 4, fig. A5.A; Bifi et al. 2017: 4, fig.

2.27.

Material examined. Table 2; Figure 5V.

Elongated body; superior mouth, dentary prognathous; premaxilla and dentary with several small teeth. Longitudinal series with 26–32 scales and transversal series with 7–9 scale rows. Dorsal fin with 7–9, pectoral fin with 11–13, pelvic fin with 5 or 6, and anal fin with 8–10 (males) or 10–12 rays (females) ( Lucinda 2008). Adult males with gonopodium. Ground color yellowish-brown; dark brown vertically elongated lateral spot; scales with dark brown border, conferring a reticulate pattern to the body.