Cichlasoma paranaense Kullander, 1983

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 : 93

Cichlasoma paranaense Kullander, 1983

Fig. 34

Body deep; greatest depth contained 1.7 to 2.5, head depth 2.5 to 3.1 and caudal peduncle depth 4.9 to 6.4 times in SL; head length 1.3 to 2.4 and caudal peduncle length 10.2 to 16.4; snout length 3.0 to 3.6, horizontal orbital diameter 3.5 to 4.4 and least interorbital width 4.2 to 5.0 in HL. Mouth terminal; premaxilla with 2 or 3 and dentary with 3 or 4 teeth rows. Upper lateral line with 14-17 pored scales, lower lateral line with 5-8 pored scales and longitudinal series with 22-23 scales. Transversal series above upper lateral with 2½-4 and below lower lateral line with 5-7 scale rows. Dorsal fin with XIII-XV,10-15, pectoral fin with 12-13, pelvic fin with I,6 and anal fin with III,8-10 rays ( Kullander, 1983). Ground color iridescent green; dark-brown transverse bars; darkbrown rounded blotch, slightly below upper lateral line; dark-brown blotch on superior portion of caudal peduncle ( Graça, Pavanelli, 2007).

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

Distribution. 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.