Triportheus nematurus (Kner, 1858)

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 : 54

Triportheus nematurus (Kner, 1858)

Fig. 15

Body deep; greatest body depth contained 2.7 to 3.2 and caudal peduncle depth 10.2 to 12.1 times in SL; head length 3.6 to 4.4, predorsal distance 1.6 to 1.8 and caudal peduncle length 9.3 to 14.7 in SL; snout length 3.9 to 5.0, horizontal orbital diameter 3.0 to 3.6 and least interorbital width 2.5 to 3.6 in HL. Mouth terminal; inner row of premaxilla with 6, outer row with 6 or 7, inner row of dentary with 1, outer row of dentary with 5 or 6 and maxilla up to 2 teeth. First gill arch with 43-48 gill rakers. Lateral line 33-37 pored scales; transverse series above lateral line with 6 scale rows and below with 2 or 3 scale rows. Dorsal fin with 11, pectoral fin with 11-13, pelvic fin with 7, anal fin with 28- 34 and caudal fin with 19 rays (Malabarba, 2004). Ground color silvery; longitudinal series of dark-brown spots on flank scales above pectoral-fin origin; black blotch on posterior portion of caudal peduncle, extending to median caudal-fin rays ( Graça, Pavanelli, 2007).

Maximum standard length. 150.0 mm ( Graça, Pavanelli, 2007).

Distribution. Paraná-Paraguay system.

Remarks. Triportheus nematurus is a non-native species from the upper rio Paraná, and its occurrence can be associated with the filling of the Itaipu Reservoir and the consequent inundation of the Sete Quedas Falls.

Figures

Fig. 15. a. Colossoma macropomum, 250.0 mm SL, uncat. b. Metynnis lippincottianus, NUP 443, 149.3 mm SL, lagoas (ilhas), Porto Rico, State of Paraná. c. Myloplus tiete, NUP 2484, 135.0 mm SL, rio Piquiri, Formosa do Oeste, State of Paraná. d. Piaractus mesopotamicus, 498.0 mm SL, fresh specimen, uncat. e. Serrasalmus maculatus, NUP 396, 157.2 mm SL, canal do Meio (ilha Porto Rico), Porto Rico, State of Paraná. f. Serrasalmus marginatus, NUP 439, 160.2 mm SL, lagoas (ilhas), Porto Rico, State of Paraná. g. Triportheus nematurus, 102.0 mm SL, fresh specimen, uncat.