[1] This places it slightly to the smaller side of average for a member of Bryconops, as fish therein are usually between 6 and 8 inches SL.

One thing unique to B. chernoffi in the genus Bryconops is a streak of dark pigmentation along the location of the cleithrum (a bone that could be compared to a shoulder blade, found spanning from the pectoral fin to the top of the cranium).

It has a place in Creatochanes due to the bony and well-denticulated gill rakers, plus the presence of 1-3 teeth on either side of the maxillae.

[6] The specific name "chernoffi" honors Professor Barry Chernoff, an American ichthyologist with many contributions to the knowledge of Bryconops and to ichthyology as a field.

Chernoff is aware of his namesake, and learned of it via what he thought was a "junk email" that turned out to be a notification of a new species.

[11] These areas were legally codified as recently as 2006, offering B. chernoffi not only environmental protection but precedent for the establishment of further biological reserves that may cover the rest of its territory.