Description

Broad vertical bars above midlateral stripe sometimes inclined, rounded at region of junction with midlateral stripe; upper portions of bars frequently joining each other, forming an inverted U or V or an upside down horse-shoe. Body height 1-1.4 (1.1) times in distance between pelvic fin insertion and anal fin origin (Ref. 47883).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Characiformes

Family: Parodontidae

Genus: Apareiodon

Species: Apareiodon machrisi Travassos, 1957

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

benthopelagic