| Main Ref. | Londoño-Burbano, A. and R.E. Reis, 2016 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks | Males have slightly hypertrophied odontodes on lateral portions of head and on pectoral and pelvic fins. |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral | elongated |
| Cross section | |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | bony plates or armour |
| Diagnosis |
Dasyloricaria paucisquama is distinguished by a single autapomorphy: the posterolateral border of the lateral ethmoid is slightly extended but does not contribute to ventral portion of the orbital rim. It also differs from its congeners by possessing four to six central abdominal plates on each row (vs. seven to 12 plates) and a pelvic fin never reaching to the origin of the anal fin (vs. pelvic fin always reaching to the origin of the anal-fin) (Ref. 118067). Description: Dorsal-fin rays i,6; anal-fin rays i,5; pectoral-fin rays i,6; pelvic-fin rays i,5 (Ref. 118067). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | |
| Pored lateral line scales | |
| Scales in lateral series | |
| 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 |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 7 - 7 |
| Adipose fin | absent |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 6 - 6 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 7 - 7 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 6 - 6 |