Fishes from the Río Alvarado drainage, Upper Río Magdalena Basin, Colombia Author Albornoz-Garzón, Juan G. Author Conde-Saldaña, Cristhian C. Author López-Delgado, Edwin O. Author García-Melo, Jorge E. Author Villa-Navarro, Francisco A. text Check List 2020 2020-09-18 16 5 1181 1198 http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/16.5.1181 journal article 10.15560/16.5.1181 1809-127X Hoplias malabaricus (Bloch, 1794) Figure 2B Material examined. COLOMBIA • 2, 101.4– 120.2 mm SL; Río Alvarado-Puente ; 04°31′11.3″N , 074°59′14.0″W ; 521 m a.s.l. ; 19 Sep. 2012 ; Juan G. Albornoz-Garzón , Cristhian C. Conde-Saldaña leg.; CZUT-IC 10194 . • 6, 121.6– 161.8 mm SL; Río Alvarado-Caldas Viejo ; 04°36′41.2″N , 075°55′46.2″W ; 351 m a.s.l. ; 12 Dec. 2012 ; Juan G. Albornoz-Garzón , Cristhian C. Conde-Saldaña leg.; CZUT-IC 10346 . Identification. Dentaries abruptly converging towards the mandibular symphysis. Bony tooth plates on the basihyal. Dark chevron pattern along the sides of body. A dark mid-lateral band extending along entire length of lateral line, in larger specimens this band is missing ( Mattox et al. 2014 ).