Roeboides descalvadensis (Lucena, 2007)

Mirande, Juan Marcos, 2010, Phylogeny of the family Characidae (Teleostei: Characiformes): from characters to taxonomy, Neotropical Ichthyology 8 (3), pp. 385-568 : 494

Autapomorphies of Roeboides descalvadensis :

1. Lateral opening between ventral diverging lamellae of mesethmoid and anterior process of lateral ethmoid (15): (0> 1) small, ovate and partially occluded by diverging lamellae of mesethmoid and anterior process of lateral ethmoid. Paralleled in Markiana nigripinnis and Roeboexodon geryi .

2. Articulation between ventral margin of metapterygoid and posterodorsal margin of quadrate (155): (1> 0) absent. Paralleled in nodes 176 and 299 and in Deuterodon langei , Heterocharax macrolepis , Pristella maxillaris , and Thoracocharax stellatus .

3. Cartilages anterior to basihyal (188): (0> 1) two well developed blocks of cartilage. Paralleled in nodes 244 and 299 and in Hasemania nana , Hyphessobrycon bifasciatus , Metynnis maculatus , and Odontostilbe microcephala . Some trees: Paralleled in node 265.