Description

Distinguished from congeners from the Orinoco and Lake Maracaibo basins by having 2-3 scales from lateral line to and anal-fin base (Ref. 86277).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Characiformes

Family: Characidae

Genus: Knodus

Species: Knodus meridae Eigenmann, 1911

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

benthopelagic