Pyrrhulina australis 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 : 371

Pyrrhulina australis Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1903

Pyrrhulina australe Eigenmann and Kennedy 1903: 508 [original description].

Pyrrhulina australis — Graça and Pavanelli 2007: 107.

Material examined. Table 2; Figure 5S.

Elongated body; terminal mouth; inner row of premaxilla with 9–12 and outer row with 4–6 teeth, inner row of dentary with 8–12 and outer row with 4–5, and maxilla with 1 or 2 teeth. Lateral line absent; longitudinal series with 20–25 scales; transversal series with 6–8 scale rows. Dorsal fin with 9 or 10, pectoral fin with 11 or 12, pelvic fin with 9 or 10, anal fin with 10 or 11, and caudal fin with 19, total rays. Ground color pale brown; dark brown longitudinal stripe from the anterior portion of the dentary, through orbit, to opercle; yellowish fins; black irregular blotch on the dorsal fin. Some specimens can present few or many dark blotches on body.