Knodus moenkhausii ( Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1903 )

Batista-Silva, Valéria Flávia, Frota, Augusto, Kashiwaqui, Elaine Antoniassi Luiz, Abelha, Milza Celi Fedatto, Bailly, Dayani, Gubiani, Éder André & Júnio da Graça, Weferson, 2018, Ichthyofauna from three streams of the lower Iguatemi River in the upper Paraná river basin, Brazil, Check List 14 (2), pp. 363-378 : 369

Knodus moenkhausii ( Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1903)

Poecilurichthys moenkhausii Eigenmann and Kennedy 1903: 522 [original description].

Knodus moenkhausii — Graça and Pavanelli 2007: 66.

Material examined. Table 2; Figure 5G.

Elongated body; terminal mouth; inner row of premaxilla with 4, outer row with 4 or 5, dentary with 8 or 9 and maxilla with 2 or 3 teeth. Lateral line with 35–39 scales, transversal series above lateral line with 4½–5½ scales above and below with 3–4½ scale rows. Dorsal fin with 10, pectoral fin with 14 or 15, pelvic fin with 8 or 9, anal with 22–24, and caudal fin with 19, total rays. Ground color silvery to pale yellow; silvery longitudinal band (dark-brown in preserved specimens) from humeral spot to median caudal-fin rays; dark-brown crosswise elon- gated humeral spot. Yellowish fins but reddish during the reproductive period.