4 from Argentina (147.4-212.1 mm SL), FSFL EL 92, 93, 95, 97.
Description:
D 108-114; A 92-95; P24; C8-10; TRS 118-124.
HL 17.4-18.2% of SL; ED 1.3-1.5; BD 26.9-31.3; SN 3.7-4.1; UJ 4.3-4.7 (ocular side), 3.7-4.2 (blind side); DH 4.8-4.9; AH 5.2-6.1.
Body elongate and compressed. Snout tip blunt, curved posteroventrally, not reaching below anterior margin of upper jaw. Eye very small, both eyes closely situated. Posterior nostril without a tube and situated just in front of interorbital space. Mouth terminal slightly curved; posterior end of upper jaw reaching below middle of lower eye. Small conical teeth on upper jaw sparsely spaced in blind side, only 4 or 5 small teeth at anterior part in ocular side; teeth on lower jaw forming small villiform bands in blind side, edentate in ocular side. Lip without fringes. Dorsal fin beginning from upper part of upper eye in blind side. Pelvic fins asymmetrical and situated on midline; anterior rays of pelvic fin depressed in blind side. Anus situated just anterior to 1st ray of anal fin in blind side. Scales deciduous, strong ctenoid in both sides. No lateral line in ocular side. No gill-rakers. Color of ocular side light brownish, with 9 to 10 indistinct dark bands; posterior parts of dorsal and anal fin membranes blackish; no black blotches on dorsal and anal fins and opercle.
Distribution:
All the specimens were caught at the mouth of the Rio de La Plata in depths of 16 m.
Remarks:
These specimens differs from S. plagusia and S. diomedianus distributed in the southern Brazil by the characters of the number of caudal fin rays (12) and the presence of black of spots on the fin membranes of posterior dorsal and anal respectively (Gutherz, 1978). Another species S. jenysni is distributed of Uruguay and Argentina (Ringuelet and Aramburu, 1960), but it is not clear whether these are the same species or not.