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Serrasalmidae

Serrasalmus caribe

Current status: Synonym of Pygocentrus cariba (Humboldt 1821). .

HISTORICAL AUTHOR REMARKS

Serrasalmus caribe Valenciennes differs in the D. 20, A. 27, and no scapular spot is mentioned or represented on the figure. It may also be noted that Serrasalrno albus Humboldt and Valenciennes is evidently an older name for S. caribe, and should therefore replace it. Serrasalmus rhombeus (Linnaeus) differs according to Miiller and Troschel's figure7 in having more palatine teeth.

Serrasalmus marginatus (Valenciennes) differs in the lower anal edge being black only, but not the hind caudal edge. Both S. spilopleura (Kner) and S. gymnogenys (Giinther) are said to have 95 scales.

S. elongatus (Kner) differs in its elongated contour, the depth 2 2/3. S. gibbus Castelnau apparently has no spots whatever on the trunk. S. brandtii (Liitken) has the scales 90, and the coloration is largely uniform or with minute blackish dots.

Among the species I have examined, S. humeralis Valenciennes, S. maculatus Kner, «S. aesopus Cope, S. iridopsis Cope and S. unimaculaius Cope, all were found to have more palatine teeth in each series, besides various other characters.

S. paraensis (Steindachner) I have not seen, and also have not been able to consult its original description. (h'oxxos, berry-red; ytvstov, cheek; with reference to the ruddy cheek).

DISTRIBUTION

Orinoco River, Venezuela

• Cuvier, G.  and A. Valenciennes  1850 (Jan.) Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome vingt-deuxième. Suite du livre vingt-deuxième. Suite de la famille des Salmonoïdes. Table générale de l'Histoire Naturelle des Poissons (pp. 1-91). Histoire naturelle des poissons. v. 22: i-xx + 1 p. + 1-532 + 1-91, Pls. 634-650. [Valenciennes authored volume. Published as "1849". i-xvi + 1-395, index 1-81 (+ 1) in Strasbourg edition.]

• Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1850:279 [Histoire naturelle des poissons. v. 22; Orinoco River, Venezuela. No types known. Appeared first as Serrasalmo cariba Humboldt in Humboldt & Valenciennes 1821: Pl. 27 (fig. 1). •Valid as Pygocentrus caribe (Valenciennes 1850) -- (Machado-Allison & Fink 1991:122

• Machado-Allison, A.  and W. L. Fink  1991 (Nov.) Notas sobre la sistemática del género Serrasalmus y géneros relacionados. Parte II: el género Pygocentrus en Venezuela. Acta Biologica Venezuelica v. 13 (no. 1-2): 109-135. [In Spanish, English summary.]

• Taphorn, D. C.   1992 The characiform fishes of the Apure River drainage, Venezuela. Biollania Edición Especial - No. 4. Monografias Cientificas del Museo de Ciencias Naturales, UNELLEZ -- Guanara, estado Portuguesa, Venezuela. 1-537.

• See account of Serrasalmus cariba. •Synonym of Pygocentrus cariba (Humboldt 1821) -- (Machado-Allison 2002:58 Machado-Allison, A.   2002 Los peces caribes de Venezuela: una aproximación a su estudio taxonómico. Biblioteca de la Academia de Cieancias Fisicas, Mathematics y Naturales, Caracas. v. 62 (no. 1): 35-88.

• Reis, R. E. , S. O. Kullander, and C. J. Ferraris, Jr.  2003 [ref. 27061] Check list of the freshwater fishes of South and Central America. CLOFFSCA. Check list of the freshwater fishes of South and Central America. CLOFFSCA. 2003: i-xi + 1-729.

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