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Genus of fishes

Atopomesus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Characidae
Genus: Atopomesus
G. S. Myers, 1927
Species: A. pachyodus
Binomial name
Atopomesus pachyodus
G. S. Myers, 1927

Atopomesus pachyodus is a species of fish in the family Characidae endemic to the Rio Negro drainage, Amazon basin. This species is the only member of the genus Atopomesus.

Distribution

The home of the Atopomesus pachyodus is the Negro drainage in Brazil.

References

  1. Esguícero, A.L.H. & Castro, R.M.C. (2016): Taxonomic revision of the genus Atopomesus Myers, 1927 (Characiformes: Characidae), with comments on its phylogenetic relationships. Vertebrate Zoology, 66 (3): 241–249.
Taxon identifiers
Atopomesus
Atopomesus pachyodus


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