Description

Oligosarcus platensis is distinguished from O. amome in having premaxillary teeth in the outer series tricuspidate (vs. pentacuspidate); premaxillary inner series with teeth bi to pentacuspidate (vs. penta to heptacuspidate) ; 17 maxillary teeth (uni to tricuspidate) (vs. ten to eleven maxillary teeth (uni to pentacuspidate)); dentary teeth uni to pentacuspidate (vs. uni to heptacuspidate); 27 branched anal-fin rays (vs. 20 to 23); 44 scales on lateral line (vs. 39 to 41); and 24 predorsal scales (vs. 14 to 16) (Ref. 99820).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Characiformes

Family: Characidae

Genus: Oligosarcus

Species: Oligosarcus platensis (Messner, 1962)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

benthopelagic