Fig. 6 in Systematics of Spintherobolus (Teleostei: Characidae: Cheirodontinae) from eastern Brazil

Fig. 6. Spintherobolus leptoura, paratype, MCP 19254, adult female, 25.4 mm SL. Anterior and posterior pseudotympanums of left side. The skin and scales were removed, exposing the muscles of the lateral body wall, pleural ribs of the fifth and sixth vertebrae (first and second pleural ribs), and the black, pigmented wall of the swimbladder. The larger black area to the right represents the pseudotympanum present in all Cheirodontines, while the black area to the left is the area of the pseudotympanum characteristic of the species of Spintherobolus.