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
1314-2828-3-4162
Farlowella nattereri Steindachner, 1910
Materials
Type status:
Other material
. Occurrence: catalogNumber:
43891
; recordedBy:
Valeria
Nogueira Machado; Emanuell Duarte Ribeiro; Rupert A. Collins
; individualCount:
1
; otherCatalogNumbers: UFAM:CTGA:14331; associatedSequences: KP772581; Taxon: scientificName: Farlowella nattereri Steindachner, 1910; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Actinopterygii; order: Siluriformes; family: Loricariidae; genus: Farlowella; specificEpithet: nattereri; scientificNameAuthorship: Steindachner, 1910; Location: country:
Brazil
; stateProvince:
Para
; locality:
Lower
Nhamunda
River
; decimalLatitude:
-1.6909
; decimalLongitude:
-57.42231
; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification: identifiedBy: Rupert A. Collins; Event: eventDate:
2013-11
; Record Level: institutionCode:
INPA
; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
Notes
Identification to species level follows
Retzer and Page (1997)
and
Retzer (2006)
based on the following characters: seven predorsal plates; dorsal fin located opposite anal fin; three rows of abdominal plates; five rows of anterior lateral plates, with middle row incomplete; plates of second lateral row diamond-shaped; fourth row of anterior lateral plates sharply keeled; odontodes on lateral plates small; snout-mouth-length / head-length> 0.5; body-depth / pelvic-fin-length <0.86; pectoral-fin-length / snout-mouth-length> 0.65; snout-mouth-length / pectoral-fin-length> 1.0; and fin spines and rays with dark spots.
The above characters are consistent with
F. nattereri
, but some key differences in colour pattern are noted.
Retzer and Page (1997)
report: for most specimens of
F. nattereri
, the first anal and dorsal fin rays are entirely darkly pigmented (our specimen has spotted rays); a distinct dorso-lateral dark-stripe is present from base of snout to dorsal fin (this stripe was not apparent in the preserved specimen, but was observed in life); and upper and lower caudal fin lobes pigmented with dark stripes of equal size, with stripes often not reaching caudal fin base (the stripes in our specimen reached the caudal base).
Retzer and Page (1997)
recognise that
F. nattereri
probably comprises a complex of species.
One individual was caught by hand from shallow, fast flowing water over a rocky/sandy substrate (sampling site NH05). The live specimen is pictured in Fig. 24 (caudal fin in Fig. 25)