Eigenmannia virescens (Valenciennes, 1836)

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 : 59-60

Eigenmannia virescens (Valenciennes, 1836)

Fig. 17

Body elongated and compressed; greatest body depth contained 5.7 to 7.0 times in TL; head length 6.4 to 8.3, anal-fin base length 1.1 to 1.2, caudal filament length 2.6 to 4.9, preanal distance 5.3 to 6.4 and prepectoral distance 6.4 to 9.3 in LEA; snout length 3.1 to 4.4, horizontal orbital diameter 5.4 to 7.3 and least interorbital width 2.9 to 4.0 in HL. Mouth terminal. Pectoral fin with 14 or 17 and anal fin with 186-245 rays. Lateral line complete, with 150-162 pored scales; transverse series above lateral line with 15- 16 scale rows ( Campos-da-paz, 1997). Ground color pale brown; two dark-brown longitudinal stripes on flank (one on lateral line, one ventral to it) ( Graça, Pavanelli, 2007).

Maximum total length. 320.0 mm TL ( Graça, Pavanelli, 2007).

Distribution. Río Orinoco and río de la Plata basins.

Figures

Fig. 17. a. Brachyhypopomus gauderio, NUP 2510, 112.2, lagoa do Aurélio, Taquarussu, State of Mato Grosso do Sul. b. Gymnorhamphichthys britskii, NUP 3337, 115.0 mm TL, rio Baía, Taquarussu, State of Mato Grosso do Sul. c. Rhamphichthys hahni, 567.3 mm TL, uncat. d. Eigenmannia guairaca, NUP 16151, 112.3 mm TL, córrego Água Boa, tributary of the rio Iguatemi, Mundo Novo, Mato Grosso do Sul State. e. Eigenmannia trilineata, 109.2 mm TL, fresh specimen, uncat. f. Eigenmannia virescens, 205.0 mm TL, uncat. g. Sternopygus macrurus, NUP 2096, 280.0 mm TL, rio Paraná, Porto Rico, State of Paraná.