Odontostilbe microcephala

Mirande, Juan Marcos, 2010, Phylogeny of the family Characidae (Teleostei: Characiformes): from characters to taxonomy, Neotropical Ichthyology 8 (3), pp. 385-568 : 532

Autapomorphies of Odontostilbe microcephala :

1. Laterosensory canal of sixth infraorbital (76): (0> 1) branched. Reversal of synapomorphy 2 of node 203. Paralleled in Markiana nigripinnis , Oligosarcus cf. jenynsii , and Tetragonopterus argenteus .

2. 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 Roeboides descalvadensis . Some trees: Paralleled in node 265.

3. Rows of gill rakers on first ceratobranchial (192): (0> 1) two. Reversal of synapomorphy 3 of node 179. Paralleled in the Iguanodectinae , in node 280, and in Brycon orbignyanus , Bryconaethiops macrops , Carlana eigenmanni , Cheirodon interruptus , Hoplocharax goethei , Hyphessobrycon elachys , Parecbasis cyclolepis , Prodontocharax melanotus , and Rhaphiodon vulpinus . Some trees: Paralleled in node 249 and in Attonitus ephimeros .