Crenicichla haroldoi Luengo, Britski, 1974

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 : 94

Crenicichla haroldoi Luengo, Britski, 1974

Fig. 34

Body elongate; greatest depth contained 4.1 to 5.0, head depth 4.9 to 5.4 and caudal peduncle depth 8.4 to 9.6 times in SL; head length 3.0 to 3.1 and caudal peduncle length 7.5 to 8.2 in SL; snout length 3.7 to 4.0, horizontal orbital diameter 4.0 to 4.1 and least interorbital width 4.7 to 6.5 in HL. Mouth terminal; premaxilla and dentary with several teeth rows. Upper lateral line with 22-26 pored scales, lower lateral line with 10-11 pored scales; longitudinal series with 52-61 scales. Transversal series above upper lateral with 3 or 3½ and below lower lateral line with 6-9 scale rows. Dorsal fin with XX-XXXII,9-11, pectoral fin with 15-17, pelvic fin with I,5 and anal fin with III,7-9 rays ( Graça, Pavanelli, 2007; Varella, 2011). Ground color greenish; black suborbital stripe; dark-brown longitudinal band, from opercle to caudal peduncle; dark-brown transverse bars on flank; black spots on lateral line scales. Soft portion of dorsal and anal fins with dark-brown spots; black rounded blotch on caudal-fin base ( Graça, Pavanelli, 2007).

Maximum standard length. 171.0 mm ( Graça, Pavanelli, 2007).

Distribution. Upper rio Paraná basin.

Figures

Fig. 34. a. Cichlasoma paranaense, 110.0 mm SL, fresh specimen, uncat. d. Coptodon rendalli, 150.0 mm SL, uncat. c. Crenicichla britskii, 130.0 mm SL, fresh specimen, uncat. d. Crenicichla haroldoi, NUP 59, 104.3 mm SL, rio Baía, Taquarussu, State of Mato Grosso do Sul. e. Crenicichla jaguarensis, NUP 10797, 78.3 mm SL, rio Keller, tributary of the rio Ivaí, Itambé, State of Paraná. f. Crenicichla jupiaensis, NUP 5445, 75.8 mm SL, rio Piquiri, Nova Laranjeiras, State of Paraná. g. Crenicichla sp., 145.5 mm SL, uncat.