Hemibrycon

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Characidae
Subfamilia: Stevardiinae
Genus: Hemibrycon
Species: H. antioquiae – H. beni – H. boquiae – H. brevispini – H. cairoense – H. cardalensis – H. carrilloi – H. clausen – H. colombianus – H. dariensis – H. decurrens – H. dentatus – H. divisorensis – H. fasciatus – H. guejarensis – H. guppyi – H. helleri – H. huambonicus – H. inambari – H. iqueima – H. jabonero – H. jelskii – H. metae – H. microformaa – H. mikrostiktos – H. orcesi – H. paez – H. palomae – H. pautensis – H. polyodon – H. quindos – H. rafaelense – H. raqueliae – H. sanjuanensis – H. santamartae – H. sierraensis – H. surinamensis – H. taeniurus – H. tridens – H. velox – H. virolinica – H. yacopiae

Name

Hemibrycon Günther, 1864

created as a subgenus of Tetragonopterus

Type species: Tetragonopterus polyodon Günther, 1864

Etymology: hemi-, half, allusion not evident, perhaps referring to smaller teeth and/or mouth compared to Brycon (although proposed as a subgenus of Tetragonopterus); brycon, generalized term used in generic names of many characiform fishes, derived from bryco, to bite, gnash teeth or eat greedily, originally an allusion to fully toothed maxillae. From: The ETYFish Project

References

Primary 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 Reference page.

Links

Hemibrycon in the World Register of Marine Species

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