PlanetCatfish.com - Heptapterus carnatus (Heptapteridae) Cat-eLog

Holotype. Bar = 1cm
Holotype. Dorsal view. Bar = 1cm
Holotype. Ventral view. Bar = 1cm

Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Heptapterus carnatus** Faustino‐Fuster, Bockmann & Malabarba, 2019
Common Name
Type Locality	Passo do Portão stream, tributary of the Pelotas River, upper Uruguay River basin, Vacaria Municipality, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil, 28° 11'4"S, 51°00'02"W.
Species Information
Identification	Deprá et al. (2022) redescribed the genus Heptapterus as having the following shared features: (1) Adipose fin extensively fused with the caudal fin; (2) caudal fin non-bifurcate (i.e., caudal fin not divided in two lobes; vs. bifurcate, with distinct dorsal and ventral lobes); (3) dark bars and stripes on back of trunk (vs. absence of dark bars and stripes on back of trunk); (4) 5-6 pairs of pleural ribs (vs. 8-9 ribs); (5) elongate body with a head length of 16.1-24.9% (vs. 25.5-27.3%); (6) posterior extension of mouth rim short, with rictus barely reaching vertical line through posterior nostril (vs. posterior extension of mouth rim longer, with rictus reaching vertical line between posterior nostril and eye); (7) premaxillary tooth plate with no posterolateral extension, or with a small one (vs. with a very long posterolateral extension); (8) pelvic-fin insertion posterior to vertical through insertion of dorsal fin (vs. anterior) and anal-fin insertion posterior to vertical through adipose-fin origin (vs. anterior); (9) 10-23 anal-fin rays (vs. 33-46); (10) anal and caudal fins separated (vs. anal fin confluent with the caudal fin); and (11) supraorbital pore 6 (s6) fused or closer to each other (vs. separate and closer to the eye than to each other).
Habitat Information
Distribution	La Plata, Uruguay, Upper Uruguay, Pelotas (click on these areas to find other species found there) La Plata, Uruguay, Upper Uruguay, Pelotas, Pelotinhas (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map.
IUCN Red List Category	Not Evaluated
Husbandry Information
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Journal of Fish Biology v. 94 (no. 3), pp 352, Figs. 2-4.
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Last Update	2025 Jan 01 12:17 (species record created: 2019 Jan 24 07:37)