Moenkhausia sanctaefilomenae

Autapomorphies of Moenkhausia sanctaefilomenae View in CoL :

1. Distance between cartilage anterior to orbitosphenoid and lateral ethmoids (38): (0> 1) distant from lateral ethmoids. Reversal of synapomorphy 1 of node 223. Paralleled in node 286.

2. Ventral extent of third infraorbital (64): (1> 0) reaching horizontal arm of preopercle. Reversal of synapomorphy 3 of node 180. Paralleled in the Heterocharacinae and Iguanodectinae , in nodes 184, 198, 225, and 302, and in Agoniates anchovia , Brycon pesu , Hasemania nana , Markiana nigripinnis , Pseudochalceus kyburzi , Roeboexodon geryi , and Stichonodon insignis . Some trees: Reversed in node 292.

3. Lateral line (91): (0> 1) interrupted. Paralleled in nodes 227, 229, 279, 288, and 294 and in Characidium rachovii , Hoplocharax goethei , Hyphessobrycon anisitsi , Phenacogaster tegatus , and Pyrrhulina australis .

4. Posterior extent of ventral process of quadrate (151): (0> 1) falling short of posterior margin of symplectic. Paralleled in the Hyphessobrycon luetkenii clade and Iguanodectinae , in nodes 284, 289, and 298, and in Astyanax mexicanus , A. cf. rutilus , Aulixidens eugeniae , Cyphocharax spilotus , Diapoma speculiferum , Hemiodus cf. thayeria , Metynnis maculatus , Micralestes stormsi , Nematocharax venustus , Probolodus heterostomus , Psellogrammus kennedyi , and Pseudocorynopoma doriae . Some trees: Paralleled in node 302.

5. Number of gill rakers on first hypobranchial and ceratobranchial (196): (0> 1) ten or fewer. Paralleled in the Characinae and in Bryconops melanurus , Hyphessobrycon pulchripinnis , and Iguanodectes geisleri . Some trees: Paralleled in node 196 and in Hemigrammus erythrozonus and Hyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi .