Dorsal spines (total):
1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 6; Anal soft rays: 14 - 15. Shallow
midlateral plates covering less than or equal to 1/4 body depth.
Anterior nuchal plate usually of moderate width (longer than wide)
permitting weak to firm suture between supraoccipital and middle
nuchal plate. Also differs from all species of Leptodoras
except L. copei by possessing a distal tip of lower labial
extension extending beyond that of upper labial extension.
Common
Name:
None
Synonyms:
Hassar praelongus
Family:
Doradidae blycipitidae
Distribution:
South America: Negro
and Orinoco River basins
Size:
18.5cm.
(7¼ins)
Temp:
22-25°C
(71-77°F)
p.H.
6.0-7.0.
Reference:
Sabaj, M.H.,
2005. Taxonomic assessment of Leptodoras (Siluriformes: Doradidae)
with descriptions of three new species. Neotrop. Ichthyol. 3(4):637-678.
