Corydoras paleatus (Jenyns, 1842)

Soricetti, Mariano, Morawicki, Santiago, Guardiola Rivas, Fredy José, Guidi, Catalina, Quezada, Facundo, Almirón, Adriana Edith & Solimano, Patricio José, 2020, Ichthyofauna of the lower course of the Negro river drainage, Patagonia Argentina, Check List 16 (4), pp. 895-905 : 903

Corydoras paleatus (Jenyns, 1842)

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Material examined. ARGENTINA • 1 ♂, 75 mm; Site 2; 40°42ʹ48ʺS; 063°23ʹ08ʺW; 26 Nov. 2016; P. Solimano leg.; MPCN-Ict 12 . • 1 ♂, 49 mm; Site 2; 40°42ʹ48ʺS, 063° 23ʹ08ʺW; 26 Nov. 2016; F. Guardiola Rivas leg.; MPCN- Ict 77 . • 1 ♀, 53 mm; Site 4; 40°43ʹ15ʺS, 063°36ʹ02ʺW; 23 May. 2017; P. Solimano leg.; MPCN-Ict 78 . • 1 ♂, 61 mm; Site 2; 40°42ʹ48ʺS, 063°23ʹ08ʺW; 28 May. 2016; M. Sori- cetti leg.; MPCN-Ict 79 . • 1 ♀, 65 mm; Site 4; 40°43ʹ15ʺS, 063°36ʹ02ʺW; 23 May. 2017; M. Soricetti leg.; MPCN-Ict 80 . • 1 ♂, 68 mm; Site 4; 40°43 ʹ 15 ʺ S, 063°36 ʹ 02 ʺ W; 20 Feb. 2017; P. Solimano leg.; MPCN-Ict 81 .

Identification. Body short and tall, flanks covered by two series of plates. Head compressed, triangular in dorsal view. Short maxillary barbels not reaching the gill opening. External mental barbels slightly longer than maxillary ones. Posterior margin of the pectoral spine serrated, perpendicularly oriented. Background color olive–brown with yellowish belly; three large black spots along the midline of flanks.