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Scientific Name Heptapterus carmelitanorum  Azevedo-Santos, Deprá, Aguilera, Faustino-Fuster & Katz, 2022
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Type Locality Not named stream tributary of Itací stream, tributary of Sapucaí River, Grande River drainage, Paraná River basin, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, about 20°54'57"S, 45°56'21"W, elevation about 830 meters.
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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).
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Distribution
La Plata, Paraná, Upper Paraná, Grande (Parana basin), Sapucaí (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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IUCN Red List Category Not Evaluated
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Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference Zoosystematics and Evolution v. 98 (no. 2), pp 330, Figs. 3-5a, 7-10.
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Last Update 2023 Feb 03 08:59 (species record created: 2022 Sep 08 07:49)