Pseudopimelodus mangurus (Valenciennes, 1835)

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 : 87-88

Pseudopimelodus mangurus (Valenciennes, 1835)

Fig. 31

Body deep; greatest depth contained 3.6 to 6.9 times in SL; head length 3.2 to 4.5, adipose fin base length 10.7 to 14.4 and maxillary-barbel length 1.1 to 1.6 in SL; snout length 2.4 to 3.0, horizontal orbital diameter 13.8 to 17.9 and least interorbital width 1.9 to 2.5 in HL. Mouth terminal, dentigerous tooth plates in both premaxilla and dentary. Dorsal fin with 7, pectoral fin with I,7, pelvic fin with 6 and anal fin with 8-13 rays ( Shibatta, 1999). Ground color pale yellow; dorsal and lateral surfaces of head completely grey; four dark-brown transverse bars on flank, one from occipital process to lateral line, one below dorsal fin, one below adipose fin and another on posterior portion of caudal peduncle and caudal-fin base. Dorsal fin with two darkbrown longitudinal bands, one past middle and another along base; anal fin with two dark-brown stripes, one at base, other past middle; caudal fin with dark-brown transverse bar on lobes not united with dark-brown transverse bar on posterior portion of caudal peduncle.

Maximum standard length. 210.0 mm ( Graça, Pavanelli, 2007).

Distribution. Río de la Plata basin.

Figures

Fig. 31. a. Microglanis garavelloi, córrego Dourado, tributary of the rio Iguatemi, Japorã, State of Mato Grosso do Sul. b. Pseudopimelodus mangurus, 180.0 mm SL, uncat. c. Rhyacoglanis paranensis, NUP 14877, 42.7 mm SL, rio Curimba, tributary of the rio Ivaí, Umuarama, State of Paraná. d. Scoloplax empousa, NUP 17582, 19.6 mm SL, córrego Guaçu, tributary of the rio Abambai, Itaquirai, State of Mato Grosso do Sul. e. Paravandellia oxyptera, NUP 313, 18.0 mm SL, Itaipu Reservoir, Foz do Iguaçu, State of Paraná. f. Trichomycterus davisi, 80.9 mm SL, uncat. g. Trichomycterus diabolus, NUP 10046, 83.5 mm SL, rio Iguatemi, tributary of the rio Paraná, Sapucaia, Mato Grosso do Sul State.