Propimelodus araguayae

The Propimelodus araguayae lives in the demersal, freshwater environment.

Propimelodus araguayae Rocha, Oliveira & Py-Daniel, 2007 - add this species to your "My Cats" page. More

Propimelodus araguayae can be distinguished from its congeners by: a conspicuous black dot on the dorsal-fin (vs. absent). Scroll down to next sectionHabitat Information Distribution South America: middle rio Araguaia in Brazil. More

Propimelodus araguayae, new species, can be distinguished from its congeners in having a conspicuous black dot on the base of the dorsal-fin rays (vs. a different pattern), large eyes (29.7-34.8% of head length and 62.7-74.7% of snout length vs. 14.5-21. More

was also observed in Propimelodus araguayae, a condition found in Propimelodus eigenmanni, Exallodontus aguanai (Lundberg & Parisi, 2002) and Pimelodus altissimus. This new species is presently known only from the middle part of the rio Araguaia, Mato Grosso State (Fig. 4). More

Propimelodus araguayae can be distinguished from other members of the genus in having a black spot on the dorsal fin, large eyes, an anal-fin lobe,the anterior processes of the basipterygia at the same level, three rows of teeth on the premaxilla, fewer vertebrae, and More

Propimelodus araguayae is restricted to the middle Araguaia River (after which the species is named). More

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