The experimental energy ratio R4+ 1 =2+ 1 = 2 suggests 116Te as a prototypical vibrational nucleus. To test this hypothesis and also consider the possibility of deformation signatures in this nucleus, the energy spectra and energy surface are derived using the Interacting Boson Model including Configuration Mixing (IBMCM) and also an SU(1,1)-based transitional Hamiltonian in the both IBM 1 and 2 versions between U(5) and SO(6) dynamical limits. Both models reproduced the experimental energy levels by acceptable accuracy when the deformation effect is neglected. In addition, the results for control parameters of transitional Hamiltonians and the shape of energy surface propose an exactly U(5)-like structure for this nucleus.
