Pimelodus maculatus Lacépède, 1803

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 : 83

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https://doi.org/ 10.1590/1982-0224-20170094

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3681881

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scientific name

Pimelodus maculatus Lacépède, 1803
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Pimelodus maculatus Lacépède, 1803 View in CoL

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Body deep; greatest depth contained 3.7 to 4.0 times in SL; head length 3.3 to 3.7, anal-fin base length 7.4 to 8.6, adipose-fin base length 4.2 to 4.4, maxillary-barbel length 0.9 to 1.4 in SL; snout length 2.0 to 2.3, horizontal orbital diameter 4.5 to 6.0, least interorbital width 3.3 to 3.8 in HL ( Deprá et al., 2015); orbital diameter 0.8 to 1.2 in interorbital width. Mouth terminal; dentigerous tooth plates in both premaxilla and dentary; teeth absent in vomer and metapterygoid. Dorsal fin with I,6 rays, pectoral fin with I,11-14, pelvic fin with 6 and anal fin with 11-14 rays. Ground color yellowish; longitudinal series of dark-brown blotches. Dark-grey fins with black spots, especially on caudal and adipose fins ( Graça, Pavanelli, 2007).

Maximum standard length. 275.0 mm ( Deprá et al., 2015)

Distribution. Río de la Plata basin.

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