Nantis, Mirande, Aguilera & Azpelicueta

Mirande, Juan Marcos, 2010, Phylogeny of the family Characidae (Teleostei: Characiformes): from characters to taxonomy, Neotropical Ichthyology 8 (3), pp. 385-568 : 543

Genus Nantis .

Synapomorphies:

1. Rhinosphenoid (47): (1> 0) absent. Reversal of synapomorphy 2 of the Characidae . Paralleled in nodes 207, 260, and 280 and in Aphyocharax nattereri , Attonitus ephimeros , Brycon orbignyanus , Bryconamericus scleroparius , Hollandichthys multifasciatus , Pseudocorynopoma doriae , and Salminus brasiliensis .

2. Ventral extent of third infraorbital (64): (0> 1) not reaching horizontal arm of preopercle, at least anteriorly. Reversal of synapomorphy 2 of node 198. Paralleled in node 280 and in Aphyodite grammica , Axelrodia lindeae , Bryconamericus rubropictus , and Creagrutus cf. taphorni .

3. 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, and 294, and in Aphyocharax nattereri , Bryconamericus rubropictus , B. thomasi , Charax stenopterus , Hyphessobrycon anisitsi , Inpaichthys kerri , and Phenacogaster tegatus .

4. Ventral margin of horizontal process of anguloarticular (109): (1> 0) posteroventrally angled relative to laterosensory canal of dentary from medial view. Reversal of synapomorphy 1 of node 199. Paralleled in nodes 195 and 280 and in Attonitus ephimeros .

5. Posterior extent of ventral process of quadrate (151): (0> 1) falling short of posterior margin of symplectic. Paralleled in the Hyphessobrycon luetkenii clade and Iguanodectinae , in nodes 284 and 289 and in Astyanax mexicanus , A. cf. rutilus , Aulixidens eugeniae , Cyphocharax spilotus , Diapoma speculiferum , Hemiodus cf. thayeria , Metynnis maculatus , Micralestes stormsi , Moenkhausia sanctaefilomenae , Nematocharax venustus , Probolodus heterostomus , Psellogrammus kennedyi , and Pseudocorynopoma doriae . Some trees: Paralleled in node 302.

6. Posterior margin of cleithrum (234): (1> 0) without concavity ventral to first postcleithrum. Reversal of synapomorphy 2 of node 196. Paralleled in Cheirodon interruptus and Inpaichthys kerri .

7. Longitudinal position of insertion of adductor mandibulae tendon on dentary (330): (1> 0) on vertical through posterior half of Meckelian cartilage. Reversal of synapomorphy 1 of node 241. Paralleled in node 237 and in Attonitus ephimeros .