Moenkhausia dichroura (Kner, 1858)

Mirande, Juan Marcos, 2010, Phylogeny of the family Characidae (Teleostei: Characiformes): from characters to taxonomy, Neotropical Ichthyology 8 (3), pp. 385-568 : 507

Autapomorphies of Moenkhausia dichroura :

1. Alignment of cusps of medial teeth on inner premaxillary row (127):(1>0)forming anteriorly concave semicircle from ventral view. Paralleledinnodes 183 and 262.Sometrees:Paralleledinnode 302.

2. Number of gill rakers on first hypobranchial and ceratobranchial (195): (1> 0) 16 or more. Paralleled in nodes 177 and 183 and in Astyanax latens , A. cf. rutilus , A. pelegrini , Hoplias cf. malabaricus , Hyphessobrycon socolofi , Parecbasis cyclolepis , Piaractus mesopotamicus , and Stichonodon insignis .

3. Base of second pectoral ray (231): (1> 0) large and partially overlapping base of first pectoral ray from medial view. Paralleled in nodes 164 and 301 and in Prionobrama paraguayensis and Tetragonopterus argenteus .