Characidium aff. zebra Eigenmann, 1909

Reia, Lais, S. da Costa e Silva, Gabriel, Garcia-Ayala, James R., P. F. Vicensotto, Ana Maria & Benine, Ricardo C., 2020, Ichthyofauna of the ribeirão Sucuri, a tributary of the rio Tietê, upper rio Paraná basin, southeastern Brazil, Check List 16 (3), pp. 711-728 : 713

Characidium aff. zebra Eigenmann, 1909

Figure 3B

Original description. Characidium zebra Eigenmann 1909: 38 .

Material examined. BRAZIL • 2, 57.0− 57.8 mm SL; São Paulo state, Pongaí, Córrego Santa Rosa ; 21°46′29″S, 049°23′34″W; 12 May 2018; leg. Silva G.S.C. and Reia L. (LBP 26477) • 4, 53.5−62.5 mm SL; São Paulo state, Pongaí, Ribeirão Sucuri ; 21°44′19″S, 049°21′56″W; 12 May 2018; leg. Silva G.S.C. and Reia L. (LBP 26501) .

Identification. Body elongated; mouth terminal; pre- maxilla with six to eight tricuspidate teeth in a single row; dentary with seven to eight tricuspidate teeth; max- illa toothless. Lateral line complete with 37 to 38 per- forated scales; four horizontal scale rows above lateral line; three horizontal scale rows below lateral line. Over- all body coloration golden; 10 conspicuous dark bars; smaller rounded conspicuous dark humeral blotch; con- spicuous midlateral dark stripe extending from anterior margin of humeral blotch to caudal peduncle; dark stripe extending from snout to posterior margin of opercle; hy- aline fins.