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
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1982-0224
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Platydoras armatulus
(Valenciennes, 1840)
Fig. 20
Body deep; greatest body depth contained 3.2 to 3.9, head length 3.8 to 4.0 times in SL; snout length contained 2.2 to 2.3, horizontal orbital diameter 4.8 to 5.5 and least interorbital width 2.5 to 2.7 times in HL; orbital diameter contained 1.8 to 2.1 times in interorbital width. Mouth terminal; with dentigerous plates in both premaxilla and dentary. Lateral line with 27-28 plates. Dorsal fin with I,6, pectoral fin with I,7, pelvic fin with 7 and anal fin with 10-12 rays (
Graça, Pavanelli, 2007
). Ground color darkbrown above pelvic-fin orign, whitish to yellowish below; yellowish longitudinal band, from dorsal region of head to distal margin of median caudal-fin rays. Dorsal, pelvic, anal and caudal fins hyaline or light-beige; dorsal fin with dark-brown blotch on distal margin; pectoral fin darkbrown, its spine light-beige; caudal fin with one dark-brown longitudinal band on each lobe.
Maximum standard length.
178.0 mm (
Graça, Pavanelli, 2007
).
Distribution.
Paraná-Paraguay system.
Remarks.
Platydoras armatulus
is a non-native species from the upper rio
Paraná
, and its occurrence can be associated with the filling of the Itaipu Reservoir and the consequent inundation of the Sete Quedas Falls.