Hoplias intermedius (Günther 1864)

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 : 46

Hoplias intermedius (Günther 1864)

Fig. 13

Body elongated; greatest depth contained 3.6 to 4.2, caudal peduncle depth 6.9 to 9.3 times in SL; head length 3.2 to 3.6, predorsal distance 1.8 to 2.0 and caudal peduncle length 7.8 to 10.8; snout length 3.6 to 4.3, horizontal orbital diameter 5.5 to 12.3 and least interorbital width 3.1 to 4.6 in HL. Mouth terminal; premaxilla with 10; dentary with 35-37 and maxilla with 30-34 teeth. Lateral line with 43-45 pored scales; transverse series above lateral line with 5 or 5½ scale rows and below with 4½ or 5 scale rows. Dorsal fin with 12-15, pectoral fin with 13 or 14 rays, pelvic fin with 8, anal fin with 10-12 rays and caudal fin with 19 rays. Ground color brown; dark-brown longitudinal band over lateral line, sometimes inconspicuous; four dark-brown transverse bars. Fins with scattered dark-brown spots, sometimes forming dark-brown irregular stripes ( Graça, Pavanelli, 2007).

Maximum standard length. 320.0 mm ( Graça, Pavanelli, 2007).

Distribution. Upper rio São Francisco, upper rio Doce and upper rio Paraná basin.

Remarks. Hoplias intermedius was identified as Hoplias sp. ( lacerdae group) by Graça, Pavanelli (2007). Oyakawa, Mattox (2009), in a revisionary study of the Neotropical Hoplias lacerdae Miranda-Ribeiro, 1918 species-group, validated and designated a lectotype for H. intermedius .

Figures

Fig. 13. a. Erythrinus erythrinus, NUP 16220, 77.4 mm SL, córredo da Ponte, Mundo Novo, State of Mato Grosso do Sul. b. Hoplerythrinus unitaeniatus, NUP 3437, 150.2 mm SL, lagoa Bilunguinha, Taquarussu, State of Mato Grosso do Sul. c. Hoplias intermedius, MZUSP 69370, 277.2 mm SL, rio Suaçuí Pequeno, downstream from the bridge of Procópio, Coroaci, Minas Gerais State. d. Hoplias mbigua, NUP 292, 260.0 mm SL, Itaipu Reservoir, Santa Helena, State of Paraná. e. Hoplias misionera, NUP 10408, 190.0 mm SL, lagoa Pousada das Graças, Taquarussu, State of Mato Grosso do Sul. f. Hoplias sp. 2, NUP 3457, 250.0 mm SL, ressaco do Leopoldo (ilha Mutum), Batayporã, State of Mato Grosso do Sul. g. Hoplias sp. 3, NUP 3458, 170.0 mm SL, ressaco do Leopoldo (ilha Mutum), Batayporã, State of Mato Grosso do Sul. h. Hemiodus orthonops, 137.0 mm SL, uncat.