Cichla piquiti Kullander, Ferreira, 2006

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

Cichla piquiti Kullander, Ferreira, 2006

Fig. 33

Body deep; greatest depth contained 3.4 to 3.5, head depth 2.8 to 3.1 and caudal peduncle depth 9.1 to 9.5 times in SL; head length 3.1 to 3.3 and caudal peduncle length 6.9 to 7.4; snout length 2.7 to 2.8, dentary length 2.0 to 2.1, horizontal orbital diameter 4.7 to 4.8 and least interorbital width 4.2 to 4.3 in HL. Mouth terminal; premaxilla with 2 or 3 and dentary with 3 or 4 teeth rows. Upper lateral line with 89-98 pored scales, lower lateral line with 58- 65 pored scales and longitudinal series with 87-93 scales. Transversal series above upper lateral with 13-15 and below lower lateral line with 20-25 scale rows. Dorsal fin with XIV-XVI,16-18, pectoral fin with 14-16, pelvic fin with I,6 and anal fin with II-III,9-11 rays. Ground color greyish-blue; six or more dark-brown transverse bars; several light-beige irregular spots on body; dark-brown rounded ocelli, with yellow or white margins, on caudalfin base. Brown or grey fins; dorsal fin with white scattered spots ( Graça, Pavanelli, 2007).

Maximum standard length. 280.0 mm ( Graça, Pavanelli, 2007).

Distribution. Rio Tocantins-Araguaia basin.

Remarks. Cichla piquiti is a non-native species from the upper rio Paraná and its occurence can be associated with escapes from recreational angling ponds.

Figures

Fig. 33. a. Aequidens plagiozonatus, NUP 16948, 56.8 mm SL, lagoa sem nome, tributary of rio Baía, Taquarussu, State of Mato Grosso do Sul. b. Apistogramma commbrae, NUP 6525, 32.5 mm SL, rio Paraná, Porto Rico, State of Paraná. c. Astronotus crassipinnis, 172.3 mm SL, fresh specimen, uncat. d. Chaetobranchopsis australis, NUP 9366, 95.2 mm SL, córrego Juqueri, tributary of the rio Guiraí, Novo Horizonte do Sul, State of Mato Grosso do Sul. e. Cichla kelberi, 190.0 mm SL, fresh specimen, uncat. f. Cichla piquiti, 240.0 mm SL, fresh specimen, uncat.