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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Aphyocharax dentatus
(Eigenmann, Kennedy, 1903)
Fig. 9
Body elongate; greatest depth contained 3.8 to 4.7 and caudal peduncle depth 8.9 to 10.9 times in SL; head length 3.5 to 4.5, predorsal distance 1.8 to 2.0 and caudal peduncle length
7.2 to 7.6 in
SL; snout length 3.2 to 4.6, horizontal orbital diameter 3.5 to 4.5 and least interorbital width
2.8 to 3.5 in
HL. Mouth terminal, slightly prognathous; premaxilla with 4-8, dentary with 9-23 and maxilla with 8-17 teeth. Lateral line incomplete, with 8-13 pored scales; longitudinal series with 36- 42 scales; transverse series above lateral line with 5-7 scale rows and below with 3-4 scale rows. Dorsal fin with 9-11, pectoral fin with 10-14, pelvic fin with 7-8, anal fin with 16-22, and caudal fin with 19 rays (
Lima, 2003
). Ground color silvery; diffuse, oval transversely elongated, humeral spot; no other black marks on body and fin. Caudal fin red, other fins hyaline to yellowish (
Graça, Pavanelli, 2007
).
Maximum standard length.
60.0 mm (
Graça, Pavanelli, 2007
).
Distribution.
Paraná-Paraguay system.
Remarks.
Aphyocharax dentatus
is a non-native species from the upper rio
Paraná
and its occurence can be associated with the filling of the Itaipu Reservoir and the consequent inundation of the Sete Quedas Falls (
Graça, Pavanelli, 2007
).