Cynoscion microlepidotus (Cuvier 1830)

Ceríaco, Luis M. P., Santos, Bruna S., Semedo, Thiago B. F., Garcia, Lucas Canes & Moreira, Cristiano Rangel, 2023, The fish collection of José Mariano da Conceição Veloso (1742 - 1811) and the beginning of ichthyological research in Brazil, with a taxonomic description of the extant specimens, Zootaxa 5391 (1), pp. 1-85 : 73

Cynoscion microlepidotus (Cuvier 1830)

Extant specimens: MCUC ZOO.0000001 ( Fig. 57a ), MCUC ZOO.0000022 ( Fig. 57b ), and MCUC ZOO.0000046 ( Fig. 57c ).

Classification on the specimen: “P. Th. Labrus laevis ” ( MCUC ZOO.0000001) and “P. Th. Labrus ” ( MCUC ZOO.0000022 and MCUC ZOO.0000046).

Common names on the specimen (Portuguese/Tupi): “Pescadinha” (MCUC ZOO.0000001)/ None.

Comments: See Comments of Cynoscion acoupa . This species was undescribed at the time Veloso prepared it. Cynoscion microlepidotus occurs in the western Atlantic from Venezuela to Paraná ( Brazil) ( Menezes & Figueiredo 1980).

Figures

FIGURE 57. Cynoscion microlepidotus (Cuvier 1830); a: MCUC ZOO.0000001, 535 mm SL; b: MCUC ZOO.0000022, 405 mm SL; c: MCUC ZOO.0000046, 390 mm SL. Photos by Luis M. P. Ceríaco.