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
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1982-0224
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Brycon hilarii
(Valenciennes, 1850)
Fig. 6
Body deep; greatest depth contained 2.8 to 3.9, caudal peduncle depth 8.6 to 11.8 times in SL; head length 2.9 to 4.7, predorsal distance 2.2 to 2.8, caudal peduncle length
5.5 to 8.1 in
SL; snout length 2.9 to 3.8, horizontal orbital diameter 3.3 to 5.1 and least interorbital width
1.9 to 2.7 in
HL. Mouth terminal; median row of premaxilla with 3-5, inner row with 4-6, outer row with 7-13, inner row of dentary with 4, outer row 7-14 and maxilla with 11-21 teeth. Lateral line with 67-82 pored scales; transverse series above lateral line with 13-16 scale rows and below with 6-9 scale rows. Dorsal fin with 11, pectoral fin with 12-16, pelvic fin with 8, anal fin with 22-31 and caudal fin with 19 rays (
Lima, 2017
). Ground color silvery; dark-brown transverse band on caudal peduncle, extending to distal margin of median caudal-fin rays; black transverse humeral blotch, sometimes inconspicuous. Pelvic, anal and caudal fins reddish; dorsal and pectoral hyaline or grey (
Graça, Pavanelli, 2007
).
Maximum standard length.
302.9 mm
(
Graça, Pavanelli, 2007
).
Distribution.
Río
Paraguay
and upper rio Amazonas basins (
Eschmeyer
et al.
, 2017
).
Remarks.
Brycon hilarii
is a non-native species from the upper rio
Paraná
and its occurrence can be associated with the releasing of specimens in the Itaipu Reservoir for restocking (
Graça, Pavanelli, 2007
;
Lima, 2017
).