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
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Trichomycterus davisi
(Haseman, 1911)
Fig. 31
Body cylindric anteriorly, compressed posteriorly; greatest depth contained 7.4 to 7.7 times in SL, head length 5.1 to 5.7 and predorsal distance
1.5 to 1.7 in
SL; snout length 2.2 to 3.2, horizontal orbital diameter 7.2 to 9.3 and least interorbital width
3.7 to 3.8 in
HL. Mouth terminal; premaxilla and dentary with several rows of conical teeth. Dorsal fin with 10, pectoral fin with 7, pelvic fin with 5 and anal fin with 9 or 10 rays. Ground color yellow to pale brown; dark-brown blotches over whole body. Caudal fin pale brown, mostly hyaline, sometimes with small darkbrown spots.
Maximum standard length.
100.0 mm.
Distribution.
Iguaçu, Ribeira de Iguape and upper rio
Paraná
basin.
Remarks.
Trichomycterus davisi
was identified as
Trichomycterus
sp. by
Graça, Pavanelli (2007)
. Apparently, the specimens assigned as
T. davisi
belongs to a species complex.