Hysteronotus
Appearance
Hysteronotus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Characiformes |
Family: | Stevardiidae |
Subfamily: | Stevardiinae |
Genus: | Hysteronotus C. H. Eigenmann, 1911 |
Species: | H. megalostomus
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Binomial name | |
Hysteronotus megalostomus C. H. Eigenmann, 1911
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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.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ 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. Bibcode:2016JFBio..89..495M. doi:10.1111/jfb.13000. PMID 27237472.
- ^ 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. Bibcode:2015BMCEE..15..146T. doi:10.1186/s12862-015-0403-4. PMC 4509481. PMID 26195030.