Ichthyofauna of the lower course of the Negro river drainage, Patagonia Argentina
Author
Soricetti, Mariano
Author
Morawicki, Santiago
Author
Guardiola Rivas, Fredy José
Author
Guidi, Catalina
Author
Quezada, Facundo
Author
Almirón, Adriana Edith
Author
Solimano, Patricio José
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2020
2020-07-24
16
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895
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http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/16.4.895
journal article
10.15560/16.4.895
1809-127X
Genidens barbus
(Lacepède, 1803)
Figure 3L
Material examined.
ARGENTINA
•
1 ♀
,
320 mm
;
Site
6;
40°48ʹ10ʺS
,
062°59ʹ36ʺW
;
25 Feb. 2016
;
B. Rodriguez
leg.; MPCN-Ict 13
. •
1 ♀
,
343 mm
;
Site
6;
40°48ʹ10ʺS
,
062°59ʹ36ʺW
;
24 Nov. 2016
;
B. Rodriguez
leg.; MPCN-
Ict
82
. •
1 ♂
,
351 mm
;
Site
6;
40°48ʹ10ʺS
;
062°59ʹ36ʺW
,
13 Dec. 2016
;
M. Soricetti
leg.; MPCN-Ict 83
. •
1 ♀
,
364 mm
;
Site
6;
40°48ʹ10ʺS
;
062°59ʹ36ʺW
,
30 Nov. 2017
;
M. Soricetti
leg.; MPCN-Ict 84
. •
1 ♀
,
372 mm
;
Site
6;
40°48ʹ10ʺS
,
062°59ʹ36ʺW
;
25 Feb. 2016
;
B. Rodriguez
leg.; MPCN-Ict 85
.
Identification.
Body robust and elongated. The anterior frontal fontanelle reaches close to the base of the postoccipital process like a narrow groove. Upper jaw projected and lips thick. Maxillary barbels reaches the end of the operculum; the shortest mental and postmental barbels are inserted parallel to the edge of the jaw. Adipose fin, short. Pectoral-fin spine similar in length to dorsal-fin spine, with toothed internal edge. Caudal fin forked, with upper lobe narrower and longer than lower lobe. Anal fin emarginated. Uniform gray–black color, with purple reflections.