Aphyocharax dentatus Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1903

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, Check List 14 (2), pp. 363-378 : 368

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.