Gymnocorymbus thayeri

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
Subfamilia: Stethaprioninae
Genus: Gymnocorymbus
Species: Gymnocorymbus thayeri

Name

Gymnocorymbus thayeri Eigenmann, 1908

• Lectotype: MCZ 89969.
• Paralectotypes: MCZ 19242 (1), 19272 (1), 20710 (2), 20720 (2), 20724 (2), 20789 (22), 20804 (1), 20807 (9), 10973 (4), 20984 (29), 20988 (10), 21001 (7), 21007 (8), 21065 (1), 89967 (1).

Type locality: Amazonas, Tefé, rio Solimões, Brazil.

Etymology: in memory of S. V. R. Thayer, a volunteer on the Thayer Expedition that collected type. The ETYFish Project

References

• Eigenmann, C.H. 1908. Preliminary descriptions of new genera and species of tetragonopterid characins. (Zoölogical Results of the Thayer Brazilian expedition.). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 52(6): 91–106. BHL Reference page.