Hemigrammus megaceps

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
Subfamiliae: Pristellinae
Genus: Hemigrammus
Species: Hemigrammus megaceps

Name

Hemigrammus megaceps Fowler, 1945

Holotype: ANSP 71624. Paratypes: ANSP 71625 (1), 71626 (1, missing). Type catalog: Böhlke, 1984:50.

Type locality: Ninabamba near Ayacucho, Río Ucayali basin, Peru, elevation 1900 meters.

References

Primary references

• Fowler, H.W. 1945. Descriptions of seven new fresh-water fishes from Peru. Notulae Naturae (Philadelphia) 159: 1–11.Reference page. 
• Böhlke, E.B. 1984. Catalog of type specimens in the ichthyological collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Special publication (Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia) No. 14: i–viii + 1–216. Reference page. 

Links

• Hemigrammus megaceps in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on February 15, 2016.
• Hemigrammus megaceps – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Hemigrammus megaceps in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.