Meristic counts. Abbreviations: ALL - scales above upper lateral line to dorsal fin origin; BLL - scales below lower lateral line to anal-fin; E1 - scales longitudinal above the lower lateral line; LLL - lower lateral-line scales; ULL - upper lateral-line scales. Image modified from López-Fernández and Taphorn (2004).

 
 
  Part of: Lozano AP, Lasso-Alcalá OM, Bittencourt PS, Taphorn DC, Perez N, Farias IP (2022) A new species of Astronotus (Teleostei, Cichlidae) from the Orinoco River and Gulf of Paria basins, northern South America. ZooKeys 1113: 111-152. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1113.81240