Psalidodon bockmanni (Vari & Castro, 2007)

Smith, Welber Senteio, Halcsik, Leticia, Biagioni, Renata Cassemiro, Pinheiro, Lúcio Antônio Stefani & Severino Stefani, Marta, 2021, An updated list of the ichthyofauna of Ipanema National Forest, São Paulo, Brazil, Check List 17 (3), pp. 827-840 : 835

Psalidodon bockmanni (Vari & Castro, 2007)

Figure 2E

Material examined. BRAZIL – São Paulo • Iperó, Ipanema River ; 23°25.38′S, 047°28.36′W; 560 m alt.; 15.VI.2016; W.S. Smith and L. Halcsik leg.; cast nets; LEEF 121112 (5 spec., 45.0−65.0 mm SL) .

Identification. Body deep; mouth terminal; inner row of premaxilla with 5 teeth, outer with 4 or 5, dentary with 9–10, and maxilla with 2 teeth. Lateral line complete with 36 or 38 pored scales; transversal series above lat- eral line with 4 or 4½ scale rows and below with 3 or 3½ scale rows. Dorsal fin with 10, pectoral fin with 15 or 16, pelvic fin with 9, anal fin with 17–23 and caudal fin with 21, total rays. Ground color silvery; dark verti- cally elongated humeral blotch followed by another similar dark humeral blotch, smaller than the first ( Graça and Pavanelli 2007; Ota et al. 2018).