| Main Ref. | Mateussi, N.T.B., C. Oliveira and C.S. Pavanelli, 2018 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral | |
| Cross section | compressed |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
This species is distinguished from M. aureum by having the last abdominal spine reaching the anal-fin origin or almost (vs. last abdominal spine clearly separated from anal-fin origin), vertebrae 37 (vs. 38-39), and a conspicuous black blotch on opercle (vs. black blotch absent or inconspicuous); differs from M. albiscopum by the anal-fin branched rays 28-32 (vs. 31-38), circumpeduncular scales 34-40 (vs. 28 to 36), pored lateral line scales 95-110 (vs. 74-99); differs from <>M. duriventre by the circumpeduncular scales 34-40 (vs. 30-34), pored lateral line scales 95-110 (vs. 74-97), and vertebrae 37 (vs. 35-36) (Ref. 117280). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | |
| Pored lateral line scales | 95 - 110 |
| Scales in lateral series | |
| Scale rows above lateral line | |
| Scale rows below lateral line | |
| Scales around caudal peduncle | 34 - 40 |
| Barbels | |
| Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
| Gill rakers | |
| on lower limb | |
| on upper limb | |
| total | |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total | 37 - 37 |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | |
| Adipose fin |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays |