Odontostilbe dialeptura

Odontostilbe dialeptura
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Characidae
Genus: Odontostilbe
Species:
O. dialeptura
Binomial name
Odontostilbe dialeptura
(Fink & Weitzman, 1974)
Synonyms[2]
  • Cheirodon dialepturus Fink & Weitzman, 1974
  • Compsura dialeptura (Fink & Weitzman, 1974)

Odontostilbe dialeptura is a species of fish in the family Characidae.[3]

Description

It has an elongate, compressed body. It has 32–34 vertebrae, and is of a pale brown colour with a bronze-green shading and some conspicuous black scales at the back.

Distribution

This fish is found in Pacific drainages from Costa Rica to Panama and Colombia.

See also

References

  1. ^ Lyons, T.J. (2020). "Odontostilbe dialeptura". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020 e.T149114854A149122031. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T149114854A149122031.en. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
  2. ^ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Odontostilbe". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
  3. ^ Fink, William L., and Stanley H. Weitzman. The so-called cheirodontin fishes of Central America with descriptions of two new species (Pisces: Characidae). Smithsonian Institution Press, 1974.