Description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal soft rays: 21 - 26; Vertebrae: 32 - 33. Astyanax cubilhuitz is distinguised from other congeners in north-eastern Guatemala and Belize by having body depth 35% SL or less (35% or more in A. bacalarensis and A. belizianus), eye larger, diameter 35% HL (vs. 32% or less), mean predorsal length, 52% SL (49% in A. macal and A. petenensis), mean anal-base length, 26% SL (vs. 28% or more), longest anal-fin ray, mean 17% SL (vs. 14%), upper pharyngeal plate oval in shape (crescent-shaped, in A. belizianus); and humeral spot rectangular in shape (vs. indistinct or P-shaped) (Ref. 118583).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Characiformes

Family: Characidae

Genus: Astyanax

Species: Astyanax cubilhuitz Schmitter-Soto, 2017

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

demersal