Main Ref. | Román-Valencia, C., J.A. Vanegas-Ríos and R.I. Ruiz-C., 2009 |
Appearance refers to | |
Bones in OsteoBase |
Specialized organs | |
Different appearance | |
Different colors | |
Remarks |
Striking features | |
Body shape lateral | fusiform / normal |
Cross section | |
Dorsal head profile | |
Type of eyes | |
Type of mouth/snout | |
Position of mouth | |
Type of scales | |
Diagnosis |
Differs from all species of the genus by the following characters: number of anterior anal-fin rays covered by a scales row 4-11 (vs.11-26 except Bryconamericus orinocoens with 1-6, from which is distinguished by the higher number of branched anal-fin rays 19 -26 vs. 16-17); lateral line scales 39-45 (vs.31-32); in males, spines number on each fin rays (anal 2-10 vs. 9-23; pelvic 2-9 vs. 8-20; pectoral 2-6 vs.9-28; and dorsal 3-6 vs. 6-18 (Ref. 82388). |
Ease of Identification |
Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
Scales on lateral line | 39 - 45 |
Pored lateral line scales | |
Scales in lateral series | |
Scale rows above lateral line | 6 - 8 |
Scale rows below lateral line | 5 - 8 |
Scales around caudal peduncle | |
Barbels | |
Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
Gill rakers | |
on lower limb | |
on upper limb | |
total | |
Vertebrae | |
preanal | |
total |
Attributes | no striking attributes |
Fins number | 1 |
Finlets No. | Dorsal |
Ventral | |
Spines total | |
Soft-rays total | |
Adipose fin |
Attributes | forked |
Fins number | |
Spines total | |
Soft-rays total |
Pectoral | Attributes more or less normal |
Spines | |
Soft-rays | |
Pelvics | Attributes more or less normal |
Position abdominal before origin of D1 | |
Spines | |
Soft-rays |