Astyanax orbignyanus

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: Characidae
Genus: Astyanax
Species: Astyanax orbignyanus

Name

Astyanax orbignyanus (Valenciennes, 1850) in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1850

• Syntypes: MNHN 0000-4530 (1, poor condition), A-9816 to 9818 (2, 1, 1).

Type locality: Buenos Aires, Argentina.

• Status: species inquirendae (see: Lucena et al., 2016)

Etymology: –anua (= belonging to): Alcide d’Orbigny (1802-1857), explorer and naturalist, who provided type and information about its habitat and behavior. (From: The ETYFish project)

Synonyms

• Tetragonopterus orbignyanus Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1850

References

• Cuvier, G. & Valenciennes, A. 1850 ["1849"]. Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome vingt-deuxième. Suite du livre vingt-deuxième. Suite de la famille des Salmonoïdes. Table générale de l'Histoire Naturelle des Poissons (pp. 1–91). v. 22: i–xx + 1 p. + 1–532 + 1–91, Pls. 634–650. BHL Reference page. 
• Lucena, C.A.S.d. & Soares, H.G. 2016. Review of species of the Astyanax bimaculatus “caudal peduncle spot” subgroup sensu Garutti & Langeani (Characiformes, Characidae) from the rio La Plata and rio São Francisco drainages and coastal systems of southern Brazil and Uruguay. Zootaxa 4072(1): 101–125. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4072.1.5 Reference page. 

Links

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

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