Heterocharax macrolepis, Eigenmann, 1912

Mirande, Juan Marcos, 2010, Phylogeny of the family Characidae (Teleostei: Characiformes): from characters to taxonomy, Neotropical Ichthyology 8 (3), pp. 385-568 : 490

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.1590/S1679-62252010000300001

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17817311

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/FD4787B0-016C-FFD3-FF16-FB23C3A6A57C

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Carolina

scientific name

Heterocharax macrolepis
status

 

Autapomorphies of Heterocharax macrolepis View in CoL :

1. Extent of expansion of first infraorbital lateral to maxilla (59): (0> 1) covering most of maxilla. Paralleled in node 277 and in Engraulisoma taeniatum .

2. Epiphyseal branch of corresponding supraorbital canals (85): (0> 1) oriented obliquely, opening posteriorly to epiphyseal bar. Paralleled in node 302.

3. Articulation between ventral margin of metapterygoid and posterodorsal margin of quadrate (155): (0> 1) present. Paralleled in nodes 176 and 299 and in Deuterodon langei , Pristella maxillaris , Roeboides descalvadensis , and Thoracocharax stellatus .

4. Coracoid foramen (243): (0> 1) well developed. Reversal of synapomorphy 13 of node 205.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopterygii

Order

Characiformes

Family

Acestrorhynchidae

SubFamily

Acestrorhynchinae

Genus

Heterocharax

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