| Main Ref. | Marinho, M.M.F. and F.C.T. Lima, 2009 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | males alike females |
| Different colors | males alike females |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral | short and / or deep |
| Cross section | |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | terminal |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
Distinguished from all species of the genus and from all remaining characids by having a unique color pattern consisting of the combination of presence of a conspicuous, narrow dark midlateral stripe, a single elongated humeral spot, and upper caudal-fin lobe and middle caudal-fin rays dark, with a clear, rounded ocellated spot present dorsally at anterior third of caudal-fin lobe (Ref. 81201). Description: Dorsal-fin rays ii,9, not including small ossification anterior to first unbranched ray, discernible only in cleared and stained specimens; anal-fin rays iv or v, 23-27; pectoral-fin rays i,13-15; pelvic-fin rays i,7 (Ref. 81201). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | 37 - 41 |
| Pored lateral line scales | |
| Scales in lateral series | |
| Scale rows above lateral line | 7 - 8 |
| Scale rows below lateral line | |
| Scales around caudal peduncle | 14 - 14 |
| Barbels | |
| Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
| Gill rakers | |
| on lower limb | |
| on upper limb | |
| total | |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total | 36 - 37 |
| Attributes | no striking attributes |
| Fins number | |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 11 - 11 |
| Adipose fin | present |
| Attributes | forked |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 27 - 31 |
| Pectoral | Attributes more or less normal |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 14 - 16 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes more or less normal |
| Position abdominal behind origin of D1 | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 8 - 8 |