Ichthyofauna of the ribeirão Sucuri, a tributary of the rio Tietê, upper rio Paraná basin, southeastern Brazil
Author
Reia, Lais
Author
S. da Costa e Silva, Gabriel
Author
Garcia-Ayala, James R.
Author
P. F. Vicensotto, Ana Maria
Author
Benine, Ricardo C.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/16.3.711
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10.15560/16.3.711
1809-127X
Hoplosternum littorale
(
Hancock, 1828
)
Figure 3W
Original description.
Callichthys littoralis
Hancock
182 8: 244.
Material examined.
BRAZIL
• 2, 73.8−125.0 mm SL;
São Paulo state
,
Pongaí
,
Córrego
da Mina
;
21°43′45″S
,
049°21′29″W
;
24 May 2018
; leg.
Silva G.S.C.
and
Reia L.
(
LBP 26617
)
.
Identification.
Body deep; mouth inferior; maxillary barbel long, surpassing gill opening. Body plates with minute odontodes restricted to posterior margins; lat- eral body plates in two longitudinal rows; dorsolateral rows with 23 or 24 plates; ventrolateral rows with 22 or 23 plates. Caudal fin bifurcated. Overall body coloration dark green to gray; darker fins.