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Genus of fishes

Schultzites
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Characidae
Subfamily: incertae sedis
Genus: Schultzites
Géry, 1964
Species: S. axelrodi
Binomial name
Schultzites axelrodi
Géry, 1964

Schultzites is a genus of freshwater fish in the family Characidae. It contains the single species Schultzites axelrodi, which is endemic to Colombia, where it is found in the upper Meta River basin.

Schultzites Géry 1964 named in honor of Leonard P. Schultz (1901-1986), Curator of Fishes, U. S. National Museum, for his “tremendous ichthyological works”.

Schultzites axelrodi Géry 1964 was named in honor of pet-book publisher Herbert R. Axelrod (1927-2017), whose Tropical Fish Hobbyist magazine published this description and several others by Jacques Géry.


References

  1. Taphorn, D.C.; DoNascimiento, C.; Herrera-Collazos, E.E.; Rodríguez-Olarte, D.; Usma, S.; Villa-Navarro, F. (2021). "Schultzites axelrodi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T175971499A175971508. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T175971499A175971508.en. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  2. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (14 December 2023). "Family CHARACIDAE: Subfamily Incertae sedis". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
Taxon identifiers
Schultzites
Schultzites axelrodi


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