Ichthyofauna from three streams of the lower Iguatemi River in the upper Paraná river basin, Brazil
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Batista-Silva, Valéria Flávia
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Frota, Augusto
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Kashiwaqui, Elaine Antoniassi Luiz
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Abelha, Milza Celi Fedatto
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Bailly, Dayani
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Gubiani, Éder André
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Júnio da Graça, Weferson
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2018
2018-03-23
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http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/14.2.363
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10.15560/14.2.363
1809-127X
Pyrrhulina australis
Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1903
Pyrrhulina australe
Eigenmann and Kennedy 1903: 508
[original description].
Pyrrhulina australis
—
Graça and Pavanelli 2007: 107
.
Material examined.
Table 2
;
Figure 5S
.
Elongated body; terminal mouth; inner row of premaxilla with 9–12 and outer row with 4–6 teeth, inner row of dentary with 8–12 and outer row with 4–5, and maxilla with 1 or 2 teeth. Lateral line absent; longitudinal series with 20–25 scales; transversal series with 6–8 scale rows. Dorsal fin with 9 or 10, pectoral fin with 11 or 12, pelvic fin with 9 or 10, anal fin with 10 or 11, and caudal fin with 19, total rays. Ground color pale brown; dark brown longitudinal stripe from the anterior portion of the dentary, through orbit, to opercle; yellowish fins; black irregular blotch on the dorsal fin. Some specimens can present few or many dark blotches on body.