Lophiobrycon
| Lophiobrycon | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Stevardiidae |
| Genus: | Lophiobrycon R. M. C. Castro, A. C. Ribeiro, Benine & A. L. A. Melo, 2003 |
| Species: | L. weitzmani
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| Binomial name | |
| Lophiobrycon weitzmani | |
Lophiobrycon weitzmani is a species of small characin endemic to Brazil, where it is found in the upper Paraná River basin.[2] It is considered threatened by Brazil's Ministry of the Environment.[3] This species is the only member of the genus Lophiobrycon, but it is closely related to Glandulocauda and Mimagoniates (together they form the tribe Glandulocaudini).[4]
Named in honor of Stanley H. Weitzman (1927-2017), Smithsonian Institution, for his “seminal” work on the systematics of neotropical characiformes, particularly the subfamily Glandulocaudinae (now subsumed into Stevardiinae).[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ICMBio) (2022). "Lophiobrycon weitzmani". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2022: e.T186478A1813662. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T186478A1813662.pt. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Lophiobrycon". FishBase. December 2018 version.
- ^ "Portaria MMA nº 445, de 17 de dezembro de 2014" (PDF). Lista de Especies Ameaçadas (in Brazilian Portuguese). ICMBio (Ministry of the Environment, Brazil). Retrieved 1 December 2018.
- ^ 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. hdl:2027.42/116018. PMID 26195030.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (20 April 2025). "Family STEVARDIIDAE Gill 1858 (Stevardiids)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
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