| Main Ref. | Costa, W.J.E.M., P.H.N. Bragança and P.F. Amorim, 2013 |
| Appearance refers to | Male; Female |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral | elongated |
| Cross section | |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | cycloid scales |
| Diagnosis |
This species can be diagnosed from all other species of the Anablepsoides urophthalmus group by having the following characters: longitudinal rows of red dots interrupted and replaced by short rows of golden dots on the flank in males (vs. rows of red dots often cotinuous, when interrupted not replaced by golden dots); margins of unpaired fins dark grey in males (vs. never dark pigment concentrated on fin edge to form distinct colored margins); and a horizontal row of red dots on the sub-basal region of the anal fin in males (never a similar color pattern) (Ref. 94717). Description: Caudal fin elliptical (Ref. 94717). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | |
| Pored lateral line scales | |
| Scales in lateral series | 38 - 40 |
| Scale rows above lateral line | |
| Scale rows below lateral line | |
| Scales around caudal peduncle | 16 - 16 |
| Barbels | |
| Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
| Gill rakers | |
| on lower limb | |
| on upper limb | |
| total | 9 - 9 |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total | 33 - 34 |
| Attributes | no striking attributes |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 7 - 8 |
| Adipose fin | absent |
| Attributes | other (see remark) |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 12 - 13 |
| Pectoral | Attributes more or less normal |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 13 - 14 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes more or less normal |
| Position abdominal before origin of D1 | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 7 - 7 |