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Eretmobrycon

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Eretmobrycon
Eretmobrycon scleroparius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Stevardiidae
Subfamily: Landoninae
Genus: Eretmobrycon
W. L. Fink, 1976

Eretmobrycon is a genus of characins found in Central and South America.[1]

Etymology

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eretmón (Gr. ἐρετμόν) means oar or paddle, referring to the paddle-like lower caudal-fin lobe of E. bayano; brycon is a generalized term used in generic names of many characiform fishes, derived from brýchō (Gr. βρύχω), to bite, gnash teeth or eat greedily, originally an allusion to a fully toothed maxillae.[2]

Species

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There are currently 13 recognized species in this genus:[1]

Synonyms
  • Eretmobrycon dahli (Román-Valencia, 2000); synonym of Eretmobrycon guaytarae (Eigenmann & Henn, 1914)

References

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  1. ^ a b 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.
  2. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family STEVARDIIDAE Gill 1858 (Stevardiids)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  3. ^ Román–Valencia, C.; Ruiz–C. R.I.; Taphorn B., D.C.; Jiménez–Prado, P.; García–Alzate, C.A. (2015). "A new species of Bryconamericus (Characiformes, Stevardiinae, Characidae) from the Pacific coast of northwestern Ecuador, South America". Animal Biodiversity and Conservation. 38 (2): 241–252. doi:10.32800/abc.2015.38.0241.