Aphyocharax dentatus Eigenmann & Kennedy 1903

Aphyocharax dentatus Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1903 Aphyocharax dentatus Eigenmann and Kennedy 1903: 516 [original description]— Britski et al. 1999: 45; Graça and Pavanelli 2007: 86, 88. Material examined. Table 2; Figure 5B. Elongated body; terminal mouth, slightly prognathous; premaxilla with 4–8 teeth, dentary with 9–23, and maxilla with 8–17 teeth. Lateral line incomplete, with 8–13 pored scales; longitudinal series with 36–42 scales. Dorsal fin with 9–11, pectoral fin with 10–14, pelvic fin with 7–8, anal fin with 16–22, and caudal fin with 19, total rays (Lima 2003). Ground color silvery; diffuse, oval transversely elongated, humeral spot; no other dark marks on body and fin. Caudal fin red, other fins hyaline to yellowish.
Published as part of Batista-Silva, Valéria Flávia, Frota, Augusto, Kashiwaqui, Elaine Antoniassi Luiz, Abelha, Milza Celi Fedatto, Bailly, Dayani, Gubiani, Éder André & Júnio da Graça, Weferson, 2018, Ichthyofauna from three streams of the lower Iguatemi River in the upper Paraná river basin, Brazil, pp. 363-378 in Check List 14 (2) on page 368, DOI: 10.15560/14.2.363
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