A preliminary inventory of the catfishes of the lower Rio Nhamunda, Brazil (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes)
Author
Collins, Rupert A.
Author
Duarte Ribeiro, Emanuell
Author
Nogueira Machado, Valeria
Author
Hrbek, Tomas
Author
Farias, Izeni Pires
text
Biodiversity Data Journal
2015
3
4162
4162
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.3.e4162
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.3.e4162
1314-2828--4162
Astrodoras asterifrons (Kner, 1853)
Materials
Type status:
Other material
. Occurrence: catalogNumber:
43868
; recordedBy:
Valeria
Nogueira Machado; Emanuell Duarte Ribeiro; Rupert A. Collins
; individualCount:
2
; otherCatalogNumbers: UFAM:CTGA:14539; UFAM:CTGA:14540; associatedSequences: KP772601; Taxon: scientificName: Astrodoras asterifrons (Kner, 1853); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Actinopterygii; order: Siluriformes; family: Doradidae; genus: Astrodoras; specificEpithet: asterifrons; scientificNameAuthorship: (Kner, 1853); Location: country:
Brazil
; stateProvince:
Para
; locality:
Lower
Nhamunda
River
; decimalLatitude:
-2.02386
; decimalLongitude:
-56.78235
; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification: identifiedBy:
Rupert A. Collins
; Event: eventDate:
2013-11
; Record Level: institutionCode:
INPA
; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
Notes
Identification to species level follows
Sousa (2010)
based on the following characters: flattened body shape; upper limit of pre-opercular canal not reaching lateral border of the cranium; seven branched rays in the dorsal lobe of the caudal fin; dorsal margin of the orbit high; procurrent rays of the caudal fin expanded into bony shields; and diverticula of the swim bladder simple, with tapered rear end.
Two individuals were caught by hand-net at night over a sandy/silty substrate (sampling site NH12). An example of a live specimen is pictured in Fig. 9.