Microsternarchus

Taxonavigation: Gymnotiformes

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: Gymnotiformes

Familia: Hypopomidae
Genus: Microsternarchus
Species: M. bilineatus – M. brevis

Name

Microsternarchus Fernández-Yépez, 1968

• Type species: Microsternarchus bilineatus Fernández-Yépez, 1968

Etymology: A combination of the Greek mikros, for small or little, and Sternarchus, another genus of hypopomid fish.

References

• Fernández-Yépez, A. 1968. Contribución al conocimiento de los peces Gymnotiformes. Evencias 20: 6 unnumbered p., 5 unnumbered pls. Reference page. 

Links

• Microsternarchus and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2026. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Microsternarchus species list in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2026. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.