Rhinelepis aspera Spix, Agassiz 1829

Rhinelepis aspera Spix, Agassiz, 1829 Fig. 27 Body elongated; greatest depth contained 3.8 to 4.3 and caudal peduncle depth 7.4 to 8.3 times in SL; head length 2.5 to 3.1, predorsal distance 2.2 to 2.5, dorsalfin spine length 4.4 o 4.7, pectoral-fin length 4.3 to 4.7, and caudal peduncle length 3.5 to 3.9 in SL; snout length 1.5 to 1.6, horizontal orbital diameter 10.0 to 10.8 and least interorbital width 1.6 to 2.0 in HL. Mouth inferior; premaxilla with 16-57 and dentary with 19-59 teeth. Midlateral series with 23-25, predorsal series with 3 or 4, and dorsal-fin base series with 6-8 plates. Dorsal fin with I,7 rays, pectoral fin with I,6 rays, pelvic fin with i,6 and anal fin with 6 rays. Ground color dark-grey, without blotches, as well as fins (Graça, Pavanelli, 2007). Maximum standard length. 440.0 mm (Graça, Pavanelli, 2007). Distribution. Rio São Francisco and upper rio Paraná basins.
Published as part of 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, pp. 1-111 in Neotropical Ichthyology 16 (2) on page 81, DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-20170094, http://zenodo.org/record/3678395
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