Description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 11; Anal soft rays: 49 - 53. Fewer lateral line scales (58-59, versus 64-70 in G. maracaiboensis and 68-75 in G. atratoensis), fewer scale rows between lateral line and anal-fin origin (9-11, versus 12-14 in G. maracaiboensis and 13-16 in G. atratoensis) and fewer scale rows around caudal peduncle (19, versus 21-23 in G. maracaiboensis and 21-23 in G. atratoensis).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Characiformes

Family: Acestrorhynchidae

Genus: Gilbertolus

Species: Gilbertolus alatus (Steindachner, 1878)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

benthopelagic