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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Sorubim lima
(Bloch, Schneider, 1801)
Fig. 30
Body elongated; greatest depth contained 6.2 to 7.8 times in SL; head length 2.8 to 3.0, anal-fin base length 7.0 to 7.3, adipose-fin base length 14.6 to 15.0, maxillary-barbel length 2.3 to 3.0 in SL; snout length 2.0 to 2.2, horizontal orbital diameter 9.3 to 10.5, least interorbital width 2.7 to 3.0 in HL; orbital diameter
1.9 to 2.4 in
interorbital width. Mouth subterminal, premaxilla much longer than dentary; dentigerous tooth plates in both premaxilla and dentary. Dorsal fin with I,6, pectoral fin with I,8-10, pelvic fin with 7 and anal fin with 17- 19 rays. Ground color dark-brown dorsally, whitish ventrally; two dark-brown longitudinal bands, with irregular borders, one along lateral line to median caudal-fin rays and another on dorsum. Hyaline fins (
Graça, Pavanelli, 2007
).
Fig. 30. a.
Pinirampus pirinampu
, 620.0 mm SL, fresh specimen, uncat.
b.
Pseudoplatystoma corruscans
, 675.0 mm SL, fresh specimen, uncat.
c.
Pseudoplatystoma reticulatum
, 580.0 mm SL, fresh specimen, uncat.
d.
Sorubim lima
, 487.0 mm SL, fresh specimen, uncat.
e.
Steindachneridion scriptum
, 320.0 mm SL, uncat.
f.
Zungaro jahu
, 800.0 mm SL, fresh specimen, uncat.
Maximum standard length.
605.0 mm (
Graça, Pavanelli, 2007
).
Distribution.
Amazon, río Orinoco, río
Paraná
and rio Paranaíba basins.
Remarks.
Sorubim lima
is a non-native species from the upper rio
Paraná
, and its occurrence can be associated with the filling of the Itaipu Reservoir and the consequent inundation of the Sete Quedas Falls.