Glandulocaudinae, Eigenmann, 1914

Menezes ¹, Naércio A. & Weitzman ², Stanley H., 2009, Systematics of the Neotropical fish subfamily Glandulocaudinae (Teleostei: Characiformes: Characidae), Neotropical Ichthyology 7 (3), pp. 295-370 : 304

Key to the genera and species of the Glandulocaudinae

1a. Females without an obvious derived urogenital papilla; dorsal-fin origin closer to caudal-fin base than to tip of snout (compare Figs. 11 and 20 ); 5 to 15 hooks on anterior three branched anal-fin rays of adult males ( Figs. 16 and 26 ); adipose fin of both sexes short based ………........ (2)

Figures

Fig. 11. Glandulocauda melanopleura, adult male. USNM 236415, 42.3 mm SL, Brazil, São Paulo State, headwater stream of rio Tietê near Paranapiacaba. Modified from Weitzman et al. (1988).

Fig. 20. Glandulocauda caerulea, adult male, USNM 326756, 43.9 mm SL, Brazil, Paraná State, brook tributary to rio Iguaçu near Lara Maria Ranch.

Fig. 16. Glandulocauda melanopleura, adult male, USNM 236415, 42.6 mm SL; anal-fin rays, lateral view, left side.

Fig. 26. Glandulocauda caerulea, adult male, USNM 326756, 39.4 mm SL; anal-fin rays, lateral view, left side.Lateral view, left side.