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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Cyphocharax modestus
(Fernández-Yépez, 1948)
Fig. 12
Body deep; greatest body depth contained 2.4 to 2.9 and caudal peduncle depth 6.6 to 7.7 times in SL; head length 3.2 to 3.7, predorsal distance 1.9 to 2.1 and caudal peduncle length
10.7 to 10.9 in
SL; snout length 3.0 to 3.7, horizontal orbital diameter 3.1 to 3.8 and least interorbital width
2.2 to 2.5 in
HL. Mouth terminal; premaxilla, dentary and maxilla without teeth in adults. Lateral line with 31- 36 pored scales; transverse series above lateral line with 5½-7 scale rows and below with 4½-6 scale rows. Dorsal fin with 11 or 12, pectoral fin with 14-16, pelvic fin with 9 or 10, anal fin with 8 or 9 and caudal fin with 19 rays (
Vari, 1992
). Ground color silvery; dark-brown inconspicuous longitudinal band along lateral line to distal margin of median caudal-fin rays, larger on caudal peduncle. Hyaline fins (
Graça, Pavanelli, 2007
).
Maximum standard length.
132.0 mm (
Graça, Pavanelli, 2007
).
Distribution.
Paraná-Paraguay system.