Pimelodus maculatus Lacepède, 1803

Diniz, Paulo Baltazar, Siqueira, Hatus de Oliveira, Faleiros, Tâmer de Oliveira, Pereira, Nycolas Levy, Senhorini, José Augusto, Esguícero, André Luiz Henríques & Bertelli, Célio, 2019, Fishes from lakes and tributaries of the Rio Santa Bárbara, Sapucaí-Mirim / Grande hydrographic basin, São Paulo, Brazil, Check List 15 (4), pp. 629-640 : 639

Pimelodus maculatus Lacepède, 1803

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Geographic distribution. Paraná and São Francisco river basins.

Materials examined. Vouchered materials: LIRP 15764, and 15765; Sampling sites I and J of Table 1. Non‑vouchered materials: Sampling sites K, and L of Table 1.

Identification. Terminal mouth; presence of tooth plates in the premaxilla and dentary; absence of teeth in the vomer and metapterygoid. Ground color yellow; longitudinal series of rounded dark spots. Dark spots also distributed in the adipose and caudal fins.