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
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Leporinus amblyrhynchus
Garavello, Britski, 1987
Fig. 4
Body elongated; greatest depth contained 3.8 to 4.3, and caudal peduncle depth 10.0 to 10.2 times in SL; head length 3.9 to 4.0, predorsal distance 2.0, caudal peduncle length 7.0 to
7.9 in
SL; snout length 2.0 to 2.5, horizontal orbital diameter 2.9 to 3.8 and least interorbital width
6.7 to 8.4 in
HL. Mouth subterminal; premaxilla and dentary with 3 teeth, no maxillary teeth. Lateral line with 37-40 pored scales; transverse series above lateral line with 5 scale rows and below with 4 scale rows. Dorsal fin with 12, pectoral fin with 18, pelvic fin with 9, anal fin with 10 and caudal fin with 19 rays (
Garavello, Britski, 1987
). Ground color pale yellow; dark-brown longitudinal band along lateral line, from posterior margin of opercle to caudal-fin base; 10-12 dark-brown transverse bars on dorsal surface, extending downward, not reaching longitudal band. Hyaline fins; distal margin of dorsal fin black (
Graça, Pavanelli, 2007
).
Maximum standard length.
100.5 mm
(
Graça, Pavanelli, 2007
).
Distribution.
Río
Paraná
basin.