Hyphessobrycon eques ( Steindachner, 1882 )

Reia, Lais, S. da Costa e Silva, Gabriel, Garcia-Ayala, James R., P. F. Vicensotto, Ana Maria & Benine, Ricardo C., 2020, Ichthyofauna of the ribeirão Sucuri, a tributary of the rio Tietê, upper rio Paraná basin, southeastern Brazil, Check List 16 (3), pp. 711-728 : 718

Hyphessobrycon eques ( Steindachner, 1882)

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Original description. Chirodon eques Steindachner 1882: 179 .

Material examined. BRAZIL • 3, 26.0− 28.9 mm SL; São Paulo state, Pongaí, Córrego Água Grande ; 21°41′ 31″S, 049°20′31″W; 12 May 2018; leg. Silva G.S.C. and Reia L. (LBP 26509) .

Identification. Body deep; mouth terminal; premaxil- lary teeth in two rows, inner row with six tri- to pentacuspidate teeth, outer row with two tricuspidate teeth; two to three tricuspidate teeth on maxilla; dentary with five or six anteriormost teeth larger, tri- to pentacuspi- date. Lateral line incomplete with six or seven perforated scales; longitudinal series with 31 to 33 scales; six horizontal scale rows above lateral line; four horizon- tal scale rows below lateral line. Overall body coloration reddish; conspicuous dark blotch on dorsal-fin; conspic- uous vertical dark humeral blotch; dorsal and ventral margin of caudal fin lobes dark; distal margin of analfin with a conspicuous dark stripe; dorsal portion of eyes and fins red.