Ichthyofauna from three streams of the lower Iguatemi River in the upper Paraná river basin, Brazil
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Batista-Silva, Valéria Flávia
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Frota, Augusto
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Kashiwaqui, Elaine Antoniassi Luiz
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Abelha, Milza Celi Fedatto
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Bailly, Dayani
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Gubiani, Éder André
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Júnio da Graça, Weferson
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2018-03-23
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http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/14.2.363
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10.15560/14.2.363
1809-127X
Characidium gomesi
Travassos, 1956
Characidium gomesi
Travassos 1956: 3
, fig. 1 [original description]—
Hoffmann et al. 2015: 4
, fig. A2.F.
Material examined.
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5M
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Elongated body; terminal mouth; premaxilla with 6 or 7, dentary with 8–10 and maxilla with no teeth. Isthmus without scales. Lateral line with 34 or 35 pored scales; transversal series above lateral line with 4 scale rows and below with 2 or 2½ scale rows. Dorsal fin with 11, pectoral fin with 11–13, pelvic fin and anal fin with 8 or 9, and caudal fin with 18, total rays. Ground color brown; 3 dark brown longitudinal stripes on dorsal region of body; dark brown stripe from tip of snout to orbit; dark brown longitudinal stripe on flank, from humeral spot caudal peduncle; dark brown transversal bars on flank, conspicuous on caudal peduncle; dark brown spot at base of median caudal-fin rays. Hyaline fins; dorsal fin with 2 dark brown oblique stripes; adipose fin with distal portion darkened; posterior half of pectoral, pelvic and anal-fin rays darkened; caudal fin with 2 dark-brown transversal bars.