Systematics of the family Ariidae (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes), with a redefinition of the genera.
Author
Alexandre P. Marceniuk
Author
Naércio A. Menezes
text
Zootaxa
2007
1416
1
126
http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FFC65592-D8DB-41BE-AEAC-A41EAB6C6185
journal article
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Aspistor luniscutis
(Valenciennes, 1840)
(fig. 10)
Arius luniscutis
Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840: 109.
Type locality:
Brazil
.
Syntypes
:
MNHN
A-8980
,
B-0595
.
Distribution: Eastern South America.
Countries: French Guiana and Brazil.
Habitat: Marine and brackish waters.
Maximum size: 1.200 mm TL.
Material examined:
MZUSP
87696
(3 al) (1 c&s),
Brazil
,
coast of
Sao
Paulo
state
;
MZUSP
51723
(3 al),
Brazil
,
Bahia
,
rio Peruipe, port of
Vicosa
;
MZUSP
51689
(3 e),
Brazil
,
Parana
,
baia
de
Paranagua
;
MZUSP
51690
(1 es),
Brazil
,
coast of the
Sao
Paulo
state
;
MZUSP
61342
(3 al),
Brazil
,
Bahia
,
Caravelas, estuary and mouth of rio Caravelas
.