Description

This species differs from Odontocharacidium varii by the following characters: absence of the antorbital, supraorbital laterosensory canal and of postcleithrum 1 (vs. presence of these 3 characters in O. varii); with bars restricted to the dorsal portion of the body (vs. conspicuous bars extending ventrally to the middle portion of the body); absence of blotches at the tip of the caudal peduncle (vs. presence of two dark round blotches at the tip of caudal peduncle (Ref. 122685).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Characiformes

Family: Crenuchidae

Genus: Odontocharacidium

Species: Odontocharacidium aphanes (Weitzman & Kanazawa, 1977)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

pelagic