Description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 11; Anal soft rays: 20 - 25; Vertebrae: 31 - 33. Astyanax tamiahua is distinguished from other congeners in Veracruz and northern Mexico by the following characters: body deeper, mean 35.9% SL (vs. mean 33.9% SL in A. argentatus); head length, more than 26% SL (vs. 26% or less in A. acatlanensis, A. argentatus and A. rioverde); in lateral view, supraoccipital slightly concave (vs. angled in A. finitimus); infraorbital II, triangular with an angled base (vs. with a long convex base in A. argentatus and A. mexicanus); first dorsal pterygiophore, rostral edge angled (vs. curved in A. argentatus and A. mexicanus) (Ref. 118583).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Characiformes

Family: Characidae

Genus: Astyanax

Species: Astyanax tamiahua Schmitter-Soto, 2017

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

benthopelagic