Autapomorphies of Hyphessobrycon anisitsi:

1. Lateral line (91): (0> 1) interrupted. Paralleled in nodes 227, 229, 279, 288, and 294 and in Characidium rachovii, Hoplocharax goethei, Moenkhausia sanctaefilomenae, Phenacogaster tegatus, and Pyrrhulina australis .

2. Canal of lateral line on caudal-fin membrane (92): (1> 0) absent. Reversal of synapomorphy 3 of the Characidae . Paralleled in the Aphyoditeinae and Bryconops clade, in nodes 227, 229, 244, 287, 294, and 298, and in Aphyocharax nattereri, Bryconamericus rubropictus, B. thomasi, Charax stenopterus, Inpaichthys kerri, and Phenacogaster tegatus .