Description

Distinguished from its congeners by the presence of a horizontally elongated dark spot on the caudal peduncle, and by the absence of any other dark pigmentation pattern on the body. Differs from H. immaculatus, another species without dark pigmentation on the body, by having 25-27 epibranchial and 36-37 ceratobranchial gill rakers on the first branchial arch, and caudal-fin lobes without longitudinal stripes (Ref. 53268).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Characiformes

Family: Hemiodontidae

Genus: Hemiodus

Species: Hemiodus jatuarana Langeani, 2004

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

benthopelagic