Apteronotus cf. caudimaculosus Santana, 2003

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 : 56

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

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3682189

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scientific name

Apteronotus cf. caudimaculosus Santana, 2003
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Apteronotus cf. caudimaculosus Santana, 2003 View in CoL

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Body elongated and compressed; greatest depth contained 4.8 to 6.0 times in TL; head length 5.1 to 5.9, anal-fin base length 1.2 to 1.4, caudal-peduncle length 5.4 to 6.8, preanal distance 3.9 to 5.0 and prepectoral distance 7.0 to 7.9 in LEA; snout length 2.7 to 4.7, horizontal orbital diameter 9.0 to 16.7 and least interorbital width 3.9 to 4.7 in HL. Mouth terminal. Pectoral fin with 15- 16, anal fin with 157-170 and caudal fin with 18-22 rays ( Santana, 2003). Transversal series above lateral line with 11 to 14 scale rows. Ground color dark-brown, with brownish-white middorsal stripe from tip of lower jaw to nape, continuing as narrower line until about middle of body (occasionally faded or discontinuous); region around branchial aperture, including isthmus, brownishwhite; wide brownish-white transverse bar across tail and posterior portion of anal fin, with irregular, dark-brown spots; narrower brownish-white transverse bar across posterior portion of caudal peduncle and caudal-fin base. Distal portion of caudal fin brownish white; fins otherwise dark-brown ( Graça, Pavanelli, 2007).

Maximum total length. 280.0 mm ( Graça, Pavanelli, 2007).

Distribution. Paraná-Paraguay system.

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