The American Characidae, Volume 2Museum, 1918 - Characidae |
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5-pointed teeth anal rays Anal sheath base bordered Brazil broad Carnegie mus Catalogue number caudal lobes caudal peduncle caudal spot Collector Compressed continued covering dark Dentary depth depth of head developed distance dorsal equidistant dorsal ray Durbin dusky Eigenmann Eigenmann Eigenmann Ellis elongate equal exped extending faint fifth fins five followed four fourth Frontal fontanel Gill-rakers greatest depth HABITAT head Hemigrammus humeral spot Hyphessobrycon inner row interorbital lateral line lateral stripe length less Locality longer lower Mandible margin Maxillary median scales median series middle caudal rays minute mouth nearly Number of specimens occipital groove occipital process Origin outer row Paratypes parietal Patagonia pectorals Plate Premaxillary Princeton univ Proc reaching Rept River scale in front scales Second suborbital leaving sides silvery snout sometimes Specimens examined third triangular tricuspid teeth Type upper usually ventrals vertical