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
3678395
Planaltina britskii
Menezes, Weitzman, Burns, 2003
Fig. 11
Body elongate; greatest body depth contained 3.9 to 5.4, caudal peduncle depth 7.1 to 10.0 times in SL; head length 3.9 to 4.6, predorsal distance 1.8 to 1.9, and caudal peduncle length 7.0 to
10.3 in
SL; snout length 3.3 to 4.5, horizontal orbital diameter 2.4 to 2.8, and least interorbital width 2.8 to 4.3 times in HL. Mouth terminal; outer row of premaxilla with 3, inner row with 4; maxilla with 2 teeth. Lateral line complete, with 38-42 pored scales; transverse series above lateral line with 5 scales above and below with 4 scale rows. Dorsal fin with 10, pectoral fin with 10-12, pelvic fin with 7, anal with 19-24, and caudal fin with 19 rays (
Menezes
et al.
, 2003
). Ground color silvery to pale yellow; dark-brown longitudinal stripe from humeral region to caudal fin, forming irregular spot on base of median rays (
Graça, Pavanelli, 2007
).
Maximum standard length.
40.0 mm (
Graça, Pavanelli, 2007
).
Distribution.
Upper rio
Paraná
basin.