Psilorhynchus hamiltoni

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cyprinoidei

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: Cypriniformes Subordo: Cyprinoidei

Familia: Psilorhynchidae
Genus: Psilorhynchus
Species: Psilorhynchus hamiltoni

Name

Psilorhynchus hamiltoni Conway et al., 2013

• Holotype: UMMZ 249903.
• Paratypes: UMMZ 249904 (5, 1c&s; 1 SEM stub).

Type locality: India, West Bengal, Tista River at Tista Barrage, 105 m asl, 26°45'1.0"N, 88°35'11.0"E [1].

Etymology: Named in honor of the exceptional Scottish naturalist Francis Hamilton (1762–1829), a pioneer of Indian ichthyology, who spent more than 17 years surveying the freshwater fish fauna of large areas of the Indian subcontinent.

References

• Conway, K.W., Dittmer, D.E., Jezisek, L.E. & Ng, H.H. 2013. On Psilorhynchus sucatio and P. nudithoracicus, with the description of a new species of Psilorhynchus from northeastern India (Ostariophysi: Psilorhynchidae). Zootaxa 3686(2): 201–243. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3686.2.5 Reference page.