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Species of fish

Hysteronotus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Characidae
Genus: Hysteronotus
C. H. Eigenmann, 1911
Species: H. megalostomus
Binomial name
Hysteronotus megalostomus
C. H. Eigenmann, 1911

Hysteronotus megalostomus is a species of characin endemic to Brazil where it is found in the upper São Francisco River basin. This species is the only member of the genus Hysteronotus.

References

  1. Menezes, N.A., Weitzman, S.H. & Teixeira, T.F. (2016): Redescription of Hysteronotus megalostomus (Characiformes: Characidae: Stevardiinae), a poorly known characid from tributaries of the Rio São Fancisco, Brazil with comments on the conservation of the species. Journal of Fish Biology, 89 (1): 495-509.
  2. Thomaz, A.T., Arcila, D., Ortí, G. & Malabarba, L.R. (2015): Molecular phylogeny of the subfamily Stevardiinae Gill, 1858 (Characiformes: Characidae): classification and the evolution of reproductive traits. BMC Evolutionary Biology, (2015) 15: 146.
Taxon identifiers
Hysteronotus
Hysteronotus megalostomus


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