Brycon alburnus

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: Bryconidae
Genus: Brycon
Species: Brycon alburnus

Name

Brycon alburnus (Günther, 1860)

Syntypes: BMNH 1860.6.16.167 (1), 1860.6.16.180 (1), 1860.6.16.201-202 (2), 1860.6.16.204 (1).

Type location: Western Andes of Ecuador.

Synonyms

• Chalceus alburnus Günther, 1860
• Brycon acutus Böhlke, 1958

References

Primary references

• Günther, A.C.L.G. 1860 [Oct. 1859 – Feb. 1860]. Second list of cold-blooded vertebrata collected by Mr. Fraser in the Andes of western Ecuador. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1859 (pt 3) (art. 7): 402-420, Reptilia Pl. 20. [Pisces on p. 418-420.] BHL Reference page. 
• Böhlke, J.E. 1958. Studies on fishes on the family Characidae. No. 14. A report on several extensive recent collections from Ecuador. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 110: 1–121, Pls. 1–7. Reference page. 

Links

• Chalceus alburnus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on February 8, 2019.
• Brycon alburnus in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.