Peixes da planície de inundação do alto rio Paraná e áreas adjacentes: revised, annotated and updated
Author
Ota, Renata Rúbia
Author
Deprá, Gabriel de Carvalho
Author
Graça, Weferson Júnio da
Author
Pavanelli, Carla Simone
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Neotropical Ichthyology
2018
2018-06-11
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journal article
10.1590/1982-0224-20170094
f68fe85c-2a4c-4625-b684-74f61398d6c2
1982-0224
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Pseudoplatystoma corruscans
(Spix, Agassiz, 1829)
Fig. 30
Body deep; greatest depth contained 5.8 to 6.3 times in SL; head length 2.4 to 3.2, anal-fin base length 8.4 to 8.8, adipose-fin base length 10.7 to 14.4, maxillary-barbel length
2.4 to 2.9 in
SL; snout length 2.0 to 2.2, horizontal orbital diameter 9.5 to 10.8, least interorbital width
4.4 to 4.8 in
HL; orbital diameter
4.4 to 4.8 in
interorbital width. Mouth subterminal, premaxilla slightly longer than dentary dentigerous tooth plates in both premaxilla and dentary. Dorsal fin with 7, pectoral fin with I,9, pelvic fin with 7 and anal fin with 12-15 rays. Ground color dark-grey above lateral line, whitish below; several dark-brown blotches on body. Hyaline fins with few black spots (
Graça, Pavanelli, 2007
).
Maximum standard length.
860.0 mm (
Graça, Pavanelli, 2007
).
Distribution.
São Francisco basin and Paraná-Paraguay system.