Description

Dorsal spines (total): 4 - 6; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8 - 10; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 13 - 18; Vertebrae: 47 - 49. Scales in lateral line series above lateral band 48-52; predorsal scales 23-26; conical head shape, with a terminal mouth placed near a horizontal line crossing the center of pupil and the middle of head depth and lacks a pronounced angle at the retroarticular joint (Ref. 47314). Differs from O. bicudo by having smaller snout length, larger eye diameter, larger interorbital width and larger head depth (Ref. 47314).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Atheriniformes

Family: Atherinopsidae

Genus: Odontesthes

Species: Odontesthes ledae Malabarba & Dyer, 2002

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Occurs almost exclusively in freshwater lakes, but also found occasionally in brackish water lagoons (Ref. 47314).

Habitat

brackish