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
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journal article
10.1590/1982-0224-20170094
f68fe85c-2a4c-4625-b684-74f61398d6c2
1982-0224
3678395
Knodus moenkhausii
(Eigenmann, Kennedy, 1903)
Fig. 11
Body elongate; greatest body depth contained 3.5 to 4.0, caudal peduncle depth 9.7 to 12.4 times in SL; head length 3.9 to 4.5, predorsal distance 1.8 to 2.0, and caudal peduncle length
6.8 to 7.4 in
SL; snout length 3.5 to 3.9, horizontal orbital diameter 1.8 to 2.3, and least interorbital width 2.5 to 3.2 times in HL. Mouth terminal; inner row of premaxilla with 4, outer row with 4-5, dentary with 8-9 and maxilla with 2-3 teeth. Lateral line with 35-39 scales; transverse series above lateral line with 4½-5½ scales above and below with 3-4½ scale rows. Dorsal fin with 10, pectoral fin with 14-15, pelvic fin with 8-9, anal with 22-24, and caudal fin with 19 rays. Ground color silvery to pale yellow; silvery longitudinal band (dark-brown in preserved specimens), from humeral spot to median caudal-fin rays; dark-brown, transversely elongate, humeral spot. Yellowish fins; reddish during reproductive period (
Graça, Pavanelli, 2007
).
Maximum standard length.
54.0 mm (
Graça, Pavanelli, 2007
).
Distribution.
Paraná-Paraguay system, rio São Francisco and coastal drainages of Southeastern
Brazil
.