Zungaro jahu (Ihering, 1898)

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, Neotropical Ichthyology 16 (2), pp. 1-111 : 87

Zungaro jahu (Ihering, 1898)

Fig. 30

Body deep; greatest depth contained 3.5 to 3.8 times in SL; head length 2.9 to 3.1, anal-fin base length 9.0 to 9.3, adipose-fin base length 5.9 to 6.2 and maxillary-barbel length 1.9 to 2.2 in SL; snout length 2.6 to 2.8, horizontal orbital diameter 9.9 to 11.0 and least interobital width 2.7 to 3.1 in HL. Mouth terminal, tooth plates on maxilla and dentary. Dorsal fin with I,6, pectoral fin with I,11 or 12, pelvic fin with 7 rays and anal fin with 12-15 rays. Ground color pale yellow to pale green; dark-brown irregular blotches on body. All fins dark-grey.

Maximum standard length. 830.0 mm.

Distribution. Paraná-Paraguay system.

Remarks. Zungaro jahu was identified as Z. zungaro by Graça, Pavanelli (2007). Lundberg, Littmann (2003) considered the specimens from the rio Paraná-Paraguay basin as Z. jahu , and the specimens from the Amazon and rio Orinoco basin as Z. zungaro .

Figures

Fig. 30. a. Pinirampus pirinampu, 620.0 mm SL, fresh specimen, uncat. b. Pseudoplatystoma corruscans, 675.0 mm SL, fresh specimen, uncat. c. Pseudoplatystoma reticulatum, 580.0 mm SL, fresh specimen, uncat. d. Sorubim lima, 487.0 mm SL, fresh specimen, uncat. e. Steindachneridion scriptum, 320.0 mm SL, uncat. f. Zungaro jahu, 800.0 mm SL, fresh specimen, uncat.