Autapomorphies of Bramocharax bransfordii:

1. Length of supraoccipital spine (53): (0> 1) extends only to anterior limit of neural complex. Reversal of synapomorphy 5 of node 205. Paralleled in nodes 272 and 287 and in Deuterodon iguape and Lonchogenys ilisha .

2. Ventral margin of horizontal process of anguloarticular (109): (0> 1) perpendicular to laterosensory canal of dentary from medial view. Paralleled in node 199 and in Bario steindachneri and Micralestes stormsi .

3. Number of cusps of anterior maxillary teeth (139): (0> 1) five or more cusps. Paralleled in the Rhoadsiinae, in nodes 273, 283, and 294, and in Brycon orbignyanus, Gymnocharacinus bergii, Hemibrycon dariensis, Hyphessobrycon pulchripinnis, and Odontostoechus lethostigmus . Some trees: Paralleled in node 246.

4. Number of supraneurals (280): (1> 0) four or fewer.Paralleled in nodes 211, 223, and 262, and in Bryconaethiops macrops, Hyphessobrycon bifasciatus, and Nematocharax venustus . Some trees: Paralleled in the Aphyoditeinae .