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Hypostomus margaritifer

Description

Hypostomus margaritifer (Regan, 1908)

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Body deep; greatest body depth contained 4.1 to 4.5 and caudal peduncle depth 9.3 to 10.0 times in SL; head length 3.0 to 3.4, predorsal distance 2.4 to 2.7, dorsal-fin spine length 2.3 to 3.1, pectoral-fin spine length 2.6 to 3.1, adipose-fin spine length 13.5 to 16.0 and caudal peduncle length 2.9 to 3.6 in SL; snout length 1.4 to 1.6, horizontal orbital diameter 5.6 to 6.5 and least interorbital width 2.4 to 3.0 in HL. Mouth inferior; premaxilla and dentary with 19-32 teeth. Mid-lateral series with 26 or 27, predorsal series with 3, and dorsal-fin base series with 8 plates. Dorsal fin with I,7, pectoral fin with I,6, pelvic fin with i,5 and anal fin with 6 rays. Ground color dark-brown or -grey; light-beige spots and blotches on body. Dark-grey fins with light-beige spots.

Maximum standard length. 312.0 mm (Graça, Pavanelli, 2007).

Distribution. Upper rio Paraná basin.

Notes

Published as part of Ota, Renata Rúbia, Deprá, Gabriel de Carvalho, Graça, Weferson Júnio da & Pavanelli, Carla Simone, 2018, Peixes da planície de inundação do alto rio Paraná e áreas adjacentes: revised, annotated and updated, pp. 1-111 in Neotropical Ichthyology 16 (2) on page 74, DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-20170094, http://zenodo.org/record/3678395

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  • Pavanelli CS, Graca WJ, Zawadzki CH, Britski HA, Vidotti AP, Avelino GS, Verissimo S. Fishes from the Corumba Reservoir, Paranaiba River drainage, upper rio Parana basin, State of Goias, Brazil. Check List. 2007; 3 (1): 58 - 64.