Description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 11; Anal spines: 3 - 4; Anal soft rays: 40 - 45; Vertebrae: 38. The presence of a long thin and up-turned process on the posterosuperior region of the rhinosphenoid is autapomorphic for this species.

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Characiformes

Family: Acestrorhynchidae

Genus: Gilbertolus

Species: Gilbertolus maracaiboensis Schultz, 1943

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Inhabits swamps or marshes of the lower reaches of rivers (Ref. 26543).

Habitat

benthopelagic