Prochilodus

Prochilodus lineatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Characiformes
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Osteichthyes Classis: Actinopterygii Subclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Superordo: Ostariophysi Ordo: Characiformes

Familia: Prochilodontidae
Genus: Prochilodus
Species (13): P. argenteus – P. brevis – P. britskii – P. costatus – P. hartii – P. lacustris – P. lineatus – P. magdalenae – P. mariae – P. nigricans – P. reticulatus – P. rubrotaeniatus – P. vimboides

Name

Prochilodus Agassiz in Spix & Agassiz, 1829

• Gender: Masculine
• Type species: Prochilodus argenteus Spix & Agassiz, 1829
  • Type by subsequent designation by Eigenmann, 1910

Synonyms

• Chilomyzon Fowler, 1906
• Pacu Agassiz in Spix & Agassiz, 1829 [junior homonym]
• Pacu Valenciennes, 1847

References

• Spix, J.B. von & Agassiz, L. 1829 :Selecta genera et species piscium quos in itinere per Brasiliam annos MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae regis augustissimi peracto. colleget et pingendso curavit Dr J. B. de Spix. Monachii.: Part 1: i-xvi + i-ii + 1-82, Pls. 1-48;, Part 2: 83-138, Pls. 49-101. BHL
• Eigenmann, C.H. 1910: Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of tropical and south temperate America. In: Reports of the Princeton University expeditions to Patagonia 1896-1899. Zoology. 3(4): 375-511. BHL
• Kottelat, M. 1988: Authorship, dates of publication, status and types of Spix and Agassiz's Brazilian fishes. Spixiana, 11(1): 69-93. BHL BioStor
• Castro, R.M.C. & Vari, R.P. 2004: Detritivores of the South American fish family Prochilodontidae (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Characiformes): a phylogenetic and revisionary study. Smithsonian contributions to zoology, (622) 

Links

• Prochilodus Report on ITIS
• Prochilodus in the World Register of Marine Species
• Prochilodus species list in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & D. Pauly (eds) (2013). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, version 10/2012.
• Prochilodus and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes,
  Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed) (2013). Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Prochilodus in Nomenclator Zoologicus

português: Curimbata

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