| Main Ref. | Costa, W.J.E.M., 2006 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral (shape guide) | elongated |
| Cross section | |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | cycloid scales |
| Diagnosis |
Can be diagnosed from other species of the Austrolebias alexandri group by the following combination of characters: posterior margin of each pectoral fin in male reaching a vertical between base of second and fifth anal-fin rays (vs. between urogenital papilla and base of second anal-fin ray); origin of dorsal fin either on vertical through anal-fin origin or posterior to it (vs. anterior); and presence of vertical rows of light blue dots on entire flank in larger males (vs. light blue bars) (Ref. 57613). Description: Dorsal-fin rays 22- 26 in males, 16-18 in females; anal-fin rays 21-25 in males, 17-23 in females. Longitudinal series of scales 26-28; and transverse series of scales 10-12; (Ref. 57613). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | |
| Pored lateral line scales | |
| Scales in lateral series | |
| 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 | 11 - 11 |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total | 27 - 29 |
| Attributes | no striking attributes |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 16 - 26 |
| Adipose fin | absent |
| Attributes | more or less truncate |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 17 - 25 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 10 - 11 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position before origin of D1 | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 5 - 6 |