Phalloceros harpagos Lucinda, 2008

Smith, Welber Senteio, Halcsik, Leticia, Biagioni, Renata Cassemiro, Pinheiro, Lúcio Antônio Stefani & Severino Stefani, Marta, 2021, An updated list of the ichthyofauna of Ipanema National Forest, São Paulo, Brazil, Check List 17 (3), pp. 827-840 : 838

Phalloceros harpagos Lucinda, 2008

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Material examined. BRAZIL – São Paulo • Iperó, Ipanema River ; 23°25.38′S, 047°28.36′W; 560 m alt; 08.II.2016; W.S. Smith and L. Halcsik leg.; hand nets; LEEF 120804-1 (18 spec., 10.0−25.0 mm SL) .

Identification. Body elongated; mouth superior, dentary prognathous; premaxilla and dentary with several small teeth. Longitudinal series with 28–32 scales and transverse series with 7–9 scale rows; dorsal fin with 7 rays, pectoral fin with 11–13 rays, pelvic with 5 and anal fin with 10–12 rays (female) or 8–10 rays (male). Ground color yellowish brown; dark-brown lateral spot, vertically elongated; scales with dark-brown border, conferring reticulate pattern to body ( Ota et al. 2018).