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
Goeldiella eques (
Mueller
& Troschel, 1849)
Materials
Type status:
Other material
. Occurrence: catalogNumber:
43873
; recordedBy:
Valeria
Nogueira Machado; Emanuell Duarte Ribeiro; Rupert A. Collins
; individualCount:
1
; otherCatalogNumbers: UFAM:CTGA:14537; associatedSequences: KP772599; Taxon: scientificName: Goeldiella eques (
Mueller
& Troschel, 1849); kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Actinopterygii; order: Siluriformes; family: Heptapteridae; genus: Goeldiella; specificEpithet: eques; scientificNameAuthorship: (
Mueller
& Troschel, 1849); Location: country:
Brazil
; stateProvince:
Para
; locality:
Lower
Nhamunda
River
; decimalLatitude:
-1.99702
; decimalLongitude:
-57.03758
; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification: identifiedBy:
Rupert A. Collins
; Event: eventDate:
2013-11
; Record Level: institutionCode:
INPA
; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
Notes
Identification to species level follows
Eigenmann and Norris (1900)
and
Eigenmann (1912)
based on the following characters: rounded caudal fin with larger lower lobe; distinct cranial fontanelle; maxillary barbels long, extending to caudal (extended only to caudal peduncle in our specimen); dorsal spine notched anteriorly; dark stripe along lateral line (in our specimen this comprised just a elongated blotch under the dorsal fin); base of caudal with dark bar; and obliquely angled dark saddle behind head (from dorsal insertion to base of opercle); and body and fins irregularly mottled.
One individual was caught by hand-net on the Rio Paratucu (sampling site NH10), and delivered a painful sting, confirming that many heptapterids are venomous (
Wright 2009
). This specimen is pictured in Fig. 11.