Hoplosternum littorale ( Hancock, 1828 )

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 : 373

Hoplosternum littorale ( Hancock, 1828)

Callichthys littoralis Hancock 1828: 244 , pl. 32, fig. 1 [original descrip- tion].

Hoplosternum littorale — Graça and Pavanelli 2007: 115.

Material examined. Table 2.

Elongated body; terminal mouth. Lateral line with 4–6 pores on upper series of plates. Dorsolateral series with 25–27 and ventrolateral with 22–24 plates. Dorsal fin with I,7, pectoral with I,9 or 10, pelvic fin with 6 and anal fin with 8, total rays ( Reis 1997). Ground color dark gray, lighter ventrally; dark fins. Coracoid bone exposed; maxillary barbel long, surpassing gill opening; dorsalfin spine short, smaller than half of its first unbranched ray; caudal fin bifurcated; maxillary barbel not reaching pelvic-fin base.