Bryconops melanurus (Bloch, 1794)

Mirande, Juan Marcos, 2010, Phylogeny of the family Characidae (Teleostei: Characiformes): from characters to taxonomy, Neotropical Ichthyology 8 (3), pp. 385-568 : 488

Autapomorphies of Bryconops melanurus :

1. Articulation between second and third infraorbitals (62): (0> 2) posteroventrally angled. Paralleled in the Characinae , in nodes 176 and 300, and in Hollandichthys multifasciatus .

2. Cusps of teeth on outer premaxillary row (125): (0> 1) five or more cusps. Paralleled in nodes 265 and 294 and in Brycon orbignyanus , Gymnocharacinus bergii , Micralestes stormsi , and Nematocharax venustus . Some trees: Paralleled in Bryconamericus agna .

3. Number of gill rakers on first hypobranchial and ceratobranchial (196): (0> 1) ten or fewer. Paralleled in the Characinae and in Hyphessobrycon pulchripinnis , Iguanodectes geisleri , and Moenkhausia sanctaefilomenae . Some trees: Paralleled in node 196 and in Hemigrammus erythrozonus and Hyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi .