First record of Megalechis picta (Müller and Troschel, 1849) (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) in the upper Rio Paraná basin, Brazil

Luiz Tencatt; Weferson Graça; Carla Pavanelli

doi:10.15560/9.5.1081

Check List 9(5): 1081-1083, doi: 10.15560/9.5.1081

First record of Megalechis picta (Müller and Troschel, 1849) (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) in the upper Rio Paraná basin, Brazil

Luiz Fernando Caserta Tencatt^‡, Weferson Júnio da Graça^‡, Carla Simone Pavanelli^‡

‡ Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Brazil

Corresponding author: Luiz Tencatt ( luiztencatt@hotmail.com )

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Citation: Tencatt L, Graça W, Pavanelli C (2013) First record of Megalechis picta (Müller and Troschel, 1849) (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) in the upper Rio Paraná basin, Brazil. Check List 9(5): 1081-1083. https://doi.org/10.15560/9.5.1081

Abstract

Herein we report the first record of Megalechis picta in the upper Rio Paraná basin based in a single specimen captured in the Corumbá IV Reservoir, Rio Paranaíba drainage, State of Goiás, Brazil. Additional discussion about geographic distribution of congeners is also provided.

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