Main Ref. | García-Alzate, C.A., C. Román-Valencia and S. Prada-Pedreros, 2010 |
Appearance refers to | |
Bones in OsteoBase |
Specialized organs | |
Different appearance | |
Different colors | |
Remarks |
Striking features | |
Body shape lateral | |
Cross section | |
Dorsal head profile | |
Type of eyes | |
Type of mouth/snout | |
Position of mouth | terminal |
Type of scales | |
Diagnosis |
Distinguished from all its congeners from the Orinoco basin by the following combination of characters: no bony hooks on fins of males; snout length 9.9-15.2% of HL; 4-6 teeth in the maxilla; and 17 teeth in the dentary (Ref. 85795). |
Ease of Identification |
Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
Scales on lateral line | |
Pored lateral line scales | 8 - 10 |
Scales in lateral series | 30 - 32 |
Scale rows above lateral line | |
Scale rows below lateral line | |
Scales around caudal peduncle | |
Barbels | |
Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
Gill rakers | |
on lower limb | |
on upper limb | |
total | |
Vertebrae | |
preanal | |
total | 32 - 32 |
Attributes | no striking attributes |
Fins number | 1 |
Finlets No. | Dorsal |
Ventral | |
Spines total | |
Soft-rays total | 11 - 11 |
Adipose fin |
Attributes | forked |
Fins number | |
Spines total | |
Soft-rays total | 20 - 21 |
Pectoral | Attributes more or less normal |
Spines | |
Soft-rays 13 - 14 | |
Pelvics | Attributes more or less normal |
Position abdominal | |
Spines | |
Soft-rays 8 - 8 |