Saccodon dariensis

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: Parodontidae
Genus: Saccodon
Species: Saccodon dariensis

Name

Saccodon dariensis (Meek & Hildebrand 1913)

• Holotype: FMNH 7587.
• Paratypes: FMNH 8841 (1); USNM 78379 (1).

Type locality: Río Cupe at Cituro, Panama.

Etymology: From –ensis, suffix denoting place: Darién, a province in Panama, where Boca de Cupe (type locality) is situated. (From The ETYFish project)

Synonyms

• Parodon dariensis Meek & Hildebrand, 1913
  • Apareiodon dariensis (Meek & Hildebrand, 1913) -- Eigenmann, 1916
• Apareiodon compressus Breder, 1925
• Saccodon caucae Schultz & Miles, 1943
• Parodon caliensis non Boulenger, 1895 -- Eigenmann, 1922 /in part [misid.]
  • Parodon caliense non Boulenger, 1895 -- Dahl, 1971 [misid.]
• Apareiodon brevipinnis Dahl, 1971

References

• Meek, S.E. & Hildebrand, S.F. 1913. New species of fishes from Panama. Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series 10(8): 77–91. BHL Reference page. 
• Pavanelli, C. S. & Starnes, W. C., 2015: Revision of the trans-Andean scrapetooths genus Saccodon (Ostariophysi: Characiformes: Parodontidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 26 (3): 193–207. Abstract Reference page. 
• Restrepo-Escobar, N., Rangel-Medrano, J.D., Mancera-Rodríguez, N.J. & Márquez, E.J. 2016. Molecular and morphometric characterization of two dental morphs of Saccodon dariensis (Parodontidae). Journal of Fish Biology 89(1): 529–536. DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12961 Reference page. 

Links

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

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