Bryconops (Bryconops) caudomaculatus

Taxonavigation: Characiformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis/Superclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Series: Otophysi Ordo: Characiformes

Familia: Iguanodectidae
Genus: Bryconops
Subgenus: Bryconops (Bryconops)
Species: Bryconops (Bryconops) caudomaculatus

Name

Bryconops (Bryconops) caudomaculatus (Günther, 1864)

Holotype (unique): BMNH 1852.9.13.74.

Type locality: South America [probably Guyana].

Etymology: caudo- (= tail); maculatus (= spotted), referring to pair of large reddish spots on basal half of caudal fin. (From: The ETYFish project)

Synonyms

Tetragonopterus caudomaculatus Günther, 1864
- Bryconops caudomaculatus (Günther, 1864)

Vernacular names

English: Tailspot Tetra
português: Bricon

References

Günther, A., 1864: Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Siluridae, Characinidae, Haplochitonidae, Sternoptychidae, Scopelidae, Stomiatidae in the collection of the British Museum 5: i-xxii + 1-455. BHL

Links

Bryconops (Bryconops) caudomaculatus in Catalog of Fishes,
Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2019. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

Bryconops (Bryconops) caudomaculatus in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2019. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2019.

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