Crenicichla britskii Kullander, 1982

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 britskii Kullander, 1982

Fig. 34

Body deep; greatest depth contained 3.2 to 3.9, head depth 5.0 to 5.5 and caudal peduncle depth 7.1 to 8.1 times in SL; head length 2.9 to 3.1 and caudal peduncle length 7.8 to 8.3 in SL; snout length 1.5 to 2.3, horizontal orbital diameter 3.0 to 4.2 and least interorbital width 3.5 to 4.0 in HL. Mouth terminal; premaxilla and dentary with arranged in several teeth rows. Upper lateral line with 20-22 pored scales, lower lateral line with 7-9 pored scales and longitudinal series with 33-40 scales. Transversal series above upper lateral with 3 to 4½ and below lower lateral line with 7-9 scale rows. Dorsal fin with XVI,14- 16, pectoral fin with 14 or 15, pelvic fin with I,5 and anal fin with III,9-11 rays ( Kullander, 1982b). Ground color greyish to greenish; dorsum with dark-brown transverse bars; dark-grey suborbital stripe; dark-brown discontinuous longitudinal band, sometimes inconspicuous, from snout to caudal peduncle; black rounded humeral blotch; black rounded ocelli on caudalfin base. Dorsal, anal and caudal fins with white spots; pectoral and pelvic fins yellowish or hyaline ( Graça, Pavanelli, 2007).

Maximum standard length. 176.0 mm ( Graça, Pavanelli, 2007).

Distribution. Upper río 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.