Henochilus wheatlandii

Taxonavigation: Characiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Characiformes

Familia: Bryconidae
Subfamilia: Bryconinae
Genus: Henochilus

Name

Henochilus wheatlandii Garman, 1890

• Holotype (unique): MCZ 21109.

Type locality: Santa Clara, Rio Mucuri, Bahia, Brazil.

Etymology: in honor of Henry Wheatland (1812-1893), President, Essex Institute (Salem, Mass., USA, which published the description), for his “friendly interest and sympathy in favor of ichthyology and ichthyologists” (From The ETYFish Project).

References

• Garman, S., 1890: On a genus and species of the characines (Henochilus wheatlandii, gen. n. et sp. n.). Bulletin of the Essex Institute, 22: 49–52, Pl. 1. BHL

• Travenzoli, N. M., Silva, P. C., Santos, U., Zanuncio, J. C., Oliveira, C. & Dergam, J. A., 2015: Cytogenetic and Molecular Data Demonstrate that the Bryconinae (Ostariophysi, Bryconidae) Species from Southeastern Brazil Form a Phylogenetic and Phylogeographic Unit. PLoS ONE, 10 (9): e0137843. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0137843[[Template:{{subst:PAGENAME}}|Reference page]]. 

Links

• Henochilus wheatlandii in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Henochilus wheatlandii in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.