Paravandellia oxyptera Miranda-Ribeiro, 1912

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 : 89

Paravandellia oxyptera Miranda-Ribeiro, 1912

Fig. 31

Body elongated; greatest depth contained 10.8 to 11.9 times in SL; head length 4.8 to 5.1 and predorsal distance 1.4 to 1.6 in SL; snout length 2.5 to 2.9, horizontal orbital diameter 3.6 to 3.9 and least interorbital width 7.0 to 7.2 in HL. Mouth inferior; premaxilla and dentary with several small teeth, sometimes covered by skin. Dorsal fin with 12, pectoral fin with 7, pelvic fin with 5 or 6 and anal fin with 9 or 10 rays. Ground color whitish to pale yellow; dark-brown longitudinal band, from opercle to vertical through pelvicfin origin. Hyaline fins ( Graça, Pavanelli, 2007).

Maximum standard length. 27.0 mm ( Graça, Pavanelli, 2007).

Distribution. Río de la Plata basin.

Figures

Fig. 31. a. Microglanis garavelloi, córrego Dourado, tributary of the rio Iguatemi, Japorã, State of Mato Grosso do Sul. b. Pseudopimelodus mangurus, 180.0 mm SL, uncat. c. Rhyacoglanis paranensis, NUP 14877, 42.7 mm SL, rio Curimba, tributary of the rio Ivaí, Umuarama, State of Paraná. d. Scoloplax empousa, NUP 17582, 19.6 mm SL, córrego Guaçu, tributary of the rio Abambai, Itaquirai, State of Mato Grosso do Sul. e. Paravandellia oxyptera, NUP 313, 18.0 mm SL, Itaipu Reservoir, Foz do Iguaçu, State of Paraná. f. Trichomycterus davisi, 80.9 mm SL, uncat. g. Trichomycterus diabolus, NUP 10046, 83.5 mm SL, rio Iguatemi, tributary of the rio Paraná, Sapucaia, Mato Grosso do Sul State.