Geophagus brasiliensis (Quoy, Gaimard, 1824)

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 : 96

Geophagus brasiliensis (Quoy, Gaimard, 1824)

Fig. 35

Body deep; greatest depth contained 2.2 to 2.5 times in SL; head length 2.4 to 3.1 in SL; snout length 1.7 to 2.4, horizontal orbital diameter 2.9 to 4.7 and least interorbital width 2.7 to 3.2 in HL. Mouth terminal; premaxilla with 2 or 3 and dentary with 2 to 4 teeth rows. Upper lateral line with 17-19 pored scales, lower lateral line with 10-14 pored scales, and longitudinal series with 24-27 scales. Transversal series above upper lateral line with 4 scale rows and below lower lateral line with 5 scale rows. Dorsal fin with XVI- XVII,10-13, pectoral fin with 14 or 15, pelvic fin with I,5 and anal fin with III,7-10 rays. Ground color iridescent green; conspicuous dark-brown rounded blotch on flank; sometimes longitudinal rows of bluish spots on flank. Yellowish-red fins, with white small spots ( Graça, Pavanelli, 2007).

Maximum standard length. 175.0 mm ( Graça, Pavanelli, 2007).

Distribution. Coastal drainages of Eastern and Southern Brazil, río Uruguay basin and upper rio Paraná floodplain.

Figures

Fig. 35. a. Geophagus brasiliensis, 148.0 mm SL, fresh specimen, uncat. b. Geophagus sveni, NUP 18698, 115.0 mm SL, rio Ivinheima, Naviraí, State of Mato Grosso do Sul. c. Gymnogeophagus setequedas, 81.3 mm SL, fresh specimen, uncat. d. Laetacara araguaiae, NUP 11315, 43.5 mm SL, upper rio Sucuriú, Paraíso, State of Mato Grosso do Sul. e. Oreochromis niloticus, NUP 1132, 185.0 mm SL, Corumbá Reservoir, Caldas Novas, State of Goiás. d. Satanoperca sp., 150.0 mm SL, fresh specimen, uncat.