Hasemania

Hasemania nana

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: Characidae
Genus: Hasemania
Species: H. crenuchoides – H. hanseni – H. kalunga – H. maxillaris – H. melanura – H. nambiquara – H. nana – H. piatan – H. uberaba

Name

Hasemania Ellis, 1911:148

Gender: feminine

Type species: Hasemania melanura Ellis, 1911. Type by original designation.

Etymology: genus named in honour of John Diederich Haseman, who collected the first specimen.

Synonyms

• Pristicharax Fowler, 1949

References

Primary references

• Ellis, M.D. 1911. On the species of Hasemania, Hyphessobrycon, and Hemigrammus collected by J. D. Haseman for the Carnegie Museum. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 8(1): 148–163, Pls. 1–3. BHL Reference page. 
• Fowler, H.W. 1949. Description of a new genus and species of characin (Pristicharax hanseni) from Goiaz, Brazil. Notulae Naturae of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 216: 1–4.