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Genus of fishes

Synaptolaemus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Anostomidae
Genus: Synaptolaemus
G. S. Myers & Fernández-Yépez, 1950

Synaptolaemus is a genus of headstanders native to South America, where found in the Orinoco, Casiquiare and Amazon Basin. Synaptolaemus are elongate in shape and overall black with contrasting red, orange or yellow stripes.

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus according to FishBase, but an examination of specimens has shown that S. cingulatus is a synonym of S. latofasciatus.

References

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Synaptolaemus". FishBase. October 2012 version.
  2. SeriouslyFish: Synaptolaemus latofasciatus. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  3. ^ Britski, H.A.; Birindelli, J.L.; and Garavello, J.C. (2011). Synaptolaemus latofasciatus, a new combination for Leporinus latofasciatus Steindachner, 1910 and its junior synonym Synaptolaemus cingulatus Myers and Fernández-Yépez, 1950 (Characiformes: Anostomidae). Zootaxa 3018: 59–65
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