Acestrorhynchus microlepis

Acestrorhynchus microlepis

Taxonavigation

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: Acestrorhynchidae
Subfamilia: Acestrorhynchinae
Genus: Acestrorhynchus
Species: Acestrorhynchus microlepis

Name

Acestrorhynchus microlepis (Jardine in Schomburgk, 1841: 247)

• Type locality: Rio Negro; Rio Branco; and Essiquibo River, South America
• No types known

Synonyms

• Acestrorhynchus apurensis Toledo-Piza & Menezes, 1996
• Acestrorhynchus cachorro Fowler, 1940
• Acestrorhynchus guianensis Menezes, 1969
• Hydrocyon microlepis Jardine in Schomburgk, 1841 (original combination)

References

• Schomburgk, R.H. 1841: The Natural history of fishes of Guiana. In: Jardine, W. (ed.), The Naturalists' Library. Vol. 3. W. H. Lizars, Edinburgh. Part I.: [1-16], 17-263, Pls. 1-30. BHL
• Menezes, N.A. & Géry, J. 1983: Seven new acestrorhynchin characid species (Osteichthyes, Ostariophysi, Characiformes) with comments on the systematics of the group. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 90 (3): 563–592.

Links

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

Vernacular names

English: Pike characin