Brochis

Brochis splendens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Siluriformes

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: Siluriformes

Familia: Callichthyidae
Genus: Brochis
Species: B. britskii – B. multiradiatus – B. splendens

Name

Brochis Cope, 1871

• Current status:  Synonym of Corydoras Lacepéde, 1803
• Gender: feminine
• Type by subsequent designation. Appeared first without species, more fully described in Cope 1872: 277–278 where two species were added; type designated by Cope (in describing second species he refers to first as the type species).
• Type species: Brochis coeruleus Cope, 1872 [= Corydoras splendens (Castelnau, 1855)]

References

Primary references

• Cope, E.D. 1871. Some anatomical points of importance in the classification of the siluroids of the Amazon. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 23: 112–113. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1872. On the fishes of the Ambyiacu River. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 23: 250–294, Pls. 3–16. BHL Reference page.