Taxonavigation

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: Acestrorhynchidae
Subfamilia: Heterocharacinae
Genus: Heterocharax
Species: Heterocharax macrolepis

Name

Heterocharax macrolepis Eigenmann, 1912: 406, Pl. 61 (Fig. 2)

  • Type locality: Rockstone, Guyana
  • Holotype: FMNH 53669 [ex CM 2142]
  • Paratypes: BMNH 1911.10.31.438 (1), CAS 61482 [ex IU 12318] (1), FMNH 53670-71 (1, 1) [ex CM 2143-43] (2)

References

  • Eigenmann, C.H. 1912: The freshwater fishes of British Guiana, including a study of the ecological grouping of species, and the relation of the fauna of the plateau to that of the lowlands. Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum 5(1): i-xxii + 1-578, Pls. 1-103. BHL
  • Oliveira, C., Avelino, G.S., Abe, K.T., Mariguela, T.C., Benine, R.C., Orti, G., Vari, R.P., & Correa e Castro, R.M. 2011: Phylogenetic relationships within the speciose family Characidae (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Characiformes) based on multilocus analysis and extensive ingroup sampling. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 11: 275. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-11-275

Vernacular names

This article is issued from Wikimedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.