Redescrição de Genidens barbus (Lacépède, 1803) e Genidens machadoi (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1918), Bagres Marinhos (Siluriformes, Ariidae) do Atlântico Sul Ocidental

Abstract

Variation in the pattern of the vomero-palatine tooth patches of Genidens barbus and Genidens machadoi is reviewed and the species redescribed based on the analysis of 46 morphological characters. Genidens machadoi can be distinguished from Genidens barbus by: the notched lateral margin of the sphenotic (vs. lateral margin of the sphenotic straight); the cephalic shield narrowest in the sphenotic (vs. cephalic shield narrowest in the frontal); distance between the lateral margin of the cephalic shield, at narrowest portion, and the posterior margin of the orbit 0.681.0 of the smallest width of the cephalic shield (vs. 1.21.7); width of the posterior extremity of the supra-occipital process 2.03.4 of the length of the supra-occipital process (vs. 3.34.7); one or two groups of tooth patches on roof of mouth, anterior patch small and round, posterior patch oval, sometimes confluent or fused with the front group (vs. patches a with horseshoe shape, patches totally fused or divided in confluent groups, always with a posterior projection); longest length of the tooth patches 3.24.9 of the height of the head (vs. 1.93.4); granulation on cephalic shield coarse and irregularly distributed (vs. smooth and distributed in regular series).