Bryconamericus aff. iheringii (Boulenger, 1887)

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 : 40

Bryconamericus aff. iheringii (Boulenger, 1887)

Fig. 11

Body deep; greatest body depth contained 2.7 to 2.9 and caudal peduncle depth 8.4 to 9.7 times in SL; head length 4.5 to 4.7, predorsal distance 1.7 to 1.9, and caudal peduncle length 7.6 to 8.1; snout length 3.7 to 3.9, horizontal orbital diameter 2.4 to 2.6 and interorbital distance 3.0 to 3.2 in HL. Mouth subterminal; inner row of premaxilla with 4, outer row with 4 or 5, dentary with 9-11, and maxilla with 3 or 4 teeth. Lateral line with 34-36 pored scales; transverse series above lateral line with 5 or 5½ rows and below with 4-5½ scale rows. Dorsal fin with 12 or 13, pectoral fin with 15, pelvic fin with 9, anal fin rays 22-24, and caudal with 19 rays. Ground color silvery to yellowish; black rounded or vertically elongated humeral spot; silvery longitudinal band (brown or grey in fixed specimens), from humeral spot to median caudal-fin rays. Yellowish or reddish fins ( Graça, Pavanelli, 2007).

Maximum standard length. 60.0 mm ( Graça, Pavanelli, 2007).

Distribution. Rio Paraná and rio Uruguay basins, and Laguna dos Patos drainage.

Figures

Fig. 11. a. Bryconamericus exodon, 55.8 mm SL, fresh specimen, uncat. b. Bryconamericus aff. iheringii, NUP 824, 50.0 mm SL, rio São Vicente, Missal, State of Paraná. c. Bryconamericus turiuba, NUP 6170, 59.3 mm SL, rio Iguatemi, tributary of the rio Paraná, Coronel Sapucaia, State of Mato Grosso do Sul. d. Diapoma guarani, NUP 17635, 31.2 mm SL, Canal da Piracema, Foz do Iguaçu, State of Paraná. e. Knodus moenkhausii, NUP 3211, 48.0 mm SL, riacho Água Nanci, Porto Rico, State of Paraná. f. Piabarchus stramineus, NUP 3298, 70.0 mm SL, rio Paraná, Porto Rico, State of Paraná. g. Piabina argentea, 68.0 mm SL, uncat. h. Planaltina britskii, NUP 11802, 27.5 mm SL, lagoa Genipapo (ilha Porto Rico, Foz do Iguaçu, State of Paraná.