Description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 11; Anal soft rays: 10 - 11. Distinguished from all other Hemiodus species, except H. ternetzi and H. thayeria, by the presence of a dark longitudinal stripe extending from behind the eye or the opercle to the tip of the lower caudal fin lobe. This species is distinguished from H. ternetzi and H. thayeria by the possession of a dorsal fin oblique blotch, extending from its anterior distal portion through the middle basal portion of the fin.

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Characiformes

Family: Hemiodontidae

Genus: Hemiodus

Species: Hemiodus tocantinensis Langeani, 1999

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Oviparous (Ref. 205).

Habitat

benthopelagic