Hypomasticus copelandii (Steindachner 1875)

Ceríaco, Luis M. P., Santos, Bruna S., Semedo, Thiago B. F., Garcia, Lucas Canes & Moreira, Cristiano Rangel, 2023, The fish collection of José Mariano da Conceição Veloso (1742 - 1811) and the beginning of ichthyological research in Brazil, with a taxonomic description of the extant specimens, Zootaxa 5391 (1), pp. 1-85 : 26

Hypomasticus copelandii (Steindachner 1875)

Extant specimens: MCUC ZOO.0000056 ( Fig. 13 ).

Classification on the specimen: “P. Abd. Salmo mediterraneus ”.

Common names on the specimen (Portuguese/Tupi): None/ “Piába”.

Comments: This species was undescribed at the time Veloso prepared it. As Salmo mediterraneus is a name not available, and that this species is described in Ichthyologia Fluminensis manuscript with the same name, we believe that Veloso probably intended to name it. In the Ajuda’s inventory, there are 37 herborized specimens of Salmo listed, but no specimen of Salmo mediterraneus is listed in the transference document to the University of Coimbra. However, there is one specimen that is reported to have been transferred to Lisboa (not found). Hypomasticus copelandii occurs in the coastal drainages of southeastern Brazil from rio Jucuruçu basin to rio Paraíba do Sul basin ( Mendes et al. 2022).

Figures

FIGURE 13. Hypomasticus copelandii (Steindachner 1875), MCUC ZOO.0000056, 240 mm SL. Photo by Luis M. P. Ceríaco.