Paravandellia oxyptera
Paravandellia oxyptera Miranda Ribeiro, 1912
Also calledCandiru-do-pantanal (por) · Chupador (spa) · candiru (por) · vandélie ostroploutvá (ces)
First described in: Miranda Ribeiro, A. de. (1912). Loricariidae, Callichthyidae, Doradidae e Trichomycteridae. <em>In: Commissão de Linhas Telegraphicas Estrategicas de Matto-Grosso ao Amazonas.</em> Annexo no. 5: 1-31, 1 pl.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
description
Body elongated; greatest depth contained 10.8 to 11.9 times in SL; head length 4.8 to 5.1 and predorsal distance 1.4 to 1.6 in SL; snout length 2.5 to 2.9, horizontal orbital diameter 3.6 to 3.9 and least interorbital width 7.0 to 7.2 in HL. Mouth inferior; premaxilla and dentary with several small teeth, sometimes covered by skin. Dorsal fin with 12, pectoral fin with 7, pelvic fin with 5 or 6 and anal fin with 9 or 10 rays. Ground color whitish to pale yellow; dark-brown longitudinal band, from opercle to vertical through pelvicfin origin. Hyaline fins (Graça, Pavanelli, 2007). Maximum standard length. 27.0 mm (Graça, Pavanelli, 2007).
Peixes da planície de inundação do alto rio Paraná e áreas adjacentes: revised, annotated and updated
Paravandellia oxyptera Miranda Ribeiro 1912
P. oxyptera Miranda Ribeiro, 1912 N synonyms Branchioica bertoni Eigenmann, 1917 Vandellia hematophaga Guimarães, 1935 Pleurophysus hydrostaticus Miranda Ribeiro, 1918 Parabranchioica teaguei Devincenzi & Vaz-Ferreira, 1939 type locality teaguei: Río Uruguay
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2343320.