Bryconops (Bryconops) caudomaculatus

Taxonavigation: Characiformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Characiformes

Familia: Iguanodectidae
Genus: Bryconops
Subgenus: Bryconops (Bryconops)
Species: Bryconops (Bryconops) caudomaculatus

Name

Bryconops (Bryconops) caudomaculatus (Günther, 1864)

Holotype (unique): BMNH 1852.9.13.74.

Type locality: South America [probably Guyana].

Etymology: caudo- (= tail); maculatus (= spotted), referring to pair of large reddish spots on basal half of caudal fin. (From: The ETYFish project)

Synonyms

Tetragonopterus caudomaculatus Günther, 1864
- Bryconops caudomaculatus (Günther, 1864)

Vernacular names

English: Tailspot Tetra
português: Bricon

References

Günther, A.C.L.G. 1864. Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Siluridae, Characinidae, Haplochitonidae, Sternoptychidae, Scopelidae, Stomiatidae in the collection of the British Museum. Volume 5. British Museum: London. i–xxii + 1–455. BHL Reference page.

Links

Bryconops (Bryconops) caudomaculatus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2026. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
Bryconops (Bryconops) caudomaculatus in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2026. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.