Leporinus octofasciatus Steindachner, 1915

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 : 20

Leporinus octofasciatus Steindachner, 1915

Fig. 4

Body elongated; greatest depth contained 3.6 to 3.8, and caudal peduncle depth 9.1 to 9.3 times in SL; head length 3.1 to 4.3, predorsal distance 1.9 to 2.1, caudal peduncle length 9.2 to 9.3 in SL; snout length 2.2 to 2.7, horizontal orbital diameter 4.0 to 4.2 and least interorbital width 2.2 to 2.6. Mouth terminal; premaxilla with 3 and dentary with 4 teeth, no maxillary teeth. Lateral line with 35-39 pored scales; transverse series above lateral line with 5 scale rows and below with 4-5 scale rows. Dorsal fin with 12, pectoral fin with 16 or 17, pelvic fin with 9, anal fin with 9 or 10 and caudal fin with 19 rays ( Britski, Garavello, 1978; Garavello, 1979). Ground color pale yellow; eight black transverse bars on body (posterior to head). Reddish fins ( Graça, Pavanelli, 2007).

Maximum standard length. 210.0 mm ( Graça, Pavanelli, 2007).

Distribution. Rio Cubatão (State of Santa Catarina) and río Paraná basin.

Figures

Fig. 4. a. Leporinus amblyrhynchus, 97.5 mm SL, uncat. b. Leporinus friderici, 189.2 mm SL, fresh specimen, uncat. c. Leporinus lacustris, NUP 3308, 210.0 mm SL, ressaco do Pau Veio, tributary of the rio Paraná, Porto Rico, State of Paraná. d. Leporinus octofasciatus, NUP 281, 148.9 mm SL, rio São Francisco Falso, Santa Helena, State of Paraná. e. Leporinus striatus, 69.2 mm SL, uncat. f. Leporinus tigrinus, NUP 17488, 180.1 mm SL, rio Paraná, Querência do Norte, State of Paraná.