| Main Ref. | Román-Valencia, C., J.A. Vanegas-Ríos and R.I. Ruiz-C., 2009 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral | fusiform / normal |
| Cross section | |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
Differs from all species of the genus by the following characters: number of anterior anal-fin rays covered by a scales row 4-11 (vs.11-26 except Bryconamericus orinocoens with 1-6, from which is distinguished by the higher number of branched anal-fin rays 19 -26 vs. 16-17); lateral line scales 39-45 (vs.31-32); in males, spines number on each fin rays (anal 2-10 vs. 9-23; pelvic 2-9 vs. 8-20; pectoral 2-6 vs.9-28; and dorsal 3-6 vs. 6-18 (Ref. 82388). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | 39 - 45 |
| Pored lateral line scales | |
| Scales in lateral series | |
| Scale rows above lateral line | 6 - 8 |
| Scale rows below lateral line | 5 - 8 |
| Scales around caudal peduncle | |
| Barbels | |
| Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
| Gill rakers | |
| on lower limb | |
| on upper limb | |
| total | |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total |
| Attributes | no striking attributes |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | |
| Adipose fin |
| Attributes | forked |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total |
| Pectoral | Attributes more or less normal |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays | |
| Pelvics | Attributes more or less normal |
| Position abdominal before origin of D1 | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays |