Galeocharax gulo (Cope, 1870)

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 : 35

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https://doi.org/ 10.1590/1982-0224-20170094

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3682110

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Galeocharax gulo (Cope, 1870)
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Galeocharax gulo (Cope, 1870) View in CoL

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Body deep; greatest depth contained 3.0 to 3.7 and caudal peduncle depth 11.5 to 13.9 times in SL; head length 3.0 to 3.5, predorsal distance 1.8 to 2.2 and caudal peduncle length 9.4 to 11.3 in SL; snout length 8 to 9.3, horizontal orbital diameter 3.9 to 4.6 and least interorbital width 3.6 to 4.8 in HL. Mouth slightly subterminal; premaxilla with 6-10 teeth, inner dentary row with 7-11, outer with 4 large plus 33-35 small and maxilla with 36-51 teeth. Lateral line complete, with 81-86 pored scales; transverse series above lateral line with 16-18 scale rows and below with 15-17 scale rows. Dorsal fin with 11 or 12, pectoral fin with 15 or 16, pelvic fin with 8, anal fin with 43-50, and caudal fin with 19 rays. Ground color silvery to yellowish; silvery longitudinal band on flank (brown or grey in preserved specimens), from humeral spot to caudal peduncle; black oval, vertically elongated, humeral spot. Hyaline fins ( Graça, Pavanelli, 2007).

Maximum standard length. 257.0 mm ( Graça, Pavanelli, 2007).

Distribution. Río Orinoco, rio Oyapok, rio Araguaia- Tocantins, upper rio Paraná and Amazon (except the rio Negro and rio Xingu) basins ( Giovannetti et al., 2017).

Remarks. Galeocharax gulo was identified as G. knerii by Graça, Pavanelli (2007). Giovannetti et al. (2017), in a revisionary study of Galeocharax Fowler, 1910 , proposed the new synonym.

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