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
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journal article
10.1590/1982-0224-20170094
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1982-0224
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Coptodon rendalli
(Boulenger, 1897)
Fig. 34
Body deep; greatest body depth contained 2.4 to 2.8, head depth 3.2 to 3.6 and caudal peduncle depth 6.1 to 7.2 times in SL; head length 2.8 to 3.3 and caudal peduncle length
6.5 to 7.5 in
SL; snout length 2.3 to 2.9, horizontal orbital diameter 2.0 to 4.6 and least interorbital width 2.4 to 3.8 to in HL. Mouth terminal; premaxilla and dentary with one or two teeth rows. Upper lateral line with 20 or 21, lower lateral line with 11-14 pored scales and longitudinal series with 28-33 scales. Transversal series above upper lateral line with 3½-5 scale rows and below lower lateral line with 5-7 scale row. Dorsal fin with XV-XVI,11-13 rays, pectoral fin with 11-13, pelvic fin with I,5 and anal fin with III,8-10 rays (
Graça, Pavanelli, 2007
). Ground color greyish to pale brown; black rounded blotch on posterior margin of opercle; dark-brown transverse bars on flank. Dorsal, anal and pelvic fins hyaline and scattered with dark-brown spots.
Maximum standard length.
170.0 mm.
Distribution.
Africa, widely introduced everywhere (
Eschmeyer
et al.
, 2017
), including
Brazil
.
Remarks.
Coptodon rendalli
was identified as
Tilapia rendalli
(Boulenger, 1897)
by
Graça, Pavanelli (2007)
.
Dunz, Schliewen (2013)
, in a molecular phylogeny of the specimens commonly known as “
Tilapia
”, proposed the new combination.
Coptodon rendalli
is an African species, widely introduced in South America by fish farming.