Geryichthys

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: Crenuchidae
Subfamilia: Characidiinae
Genus: Geryichthys
Species (1): G. sterbai

Name

• Geryichthys Zarske, 1997

Type species: Geryichthys sterbai Zarske, 1997

Etymology: The name honours Jaques Géry for his taxonomic contributions to the knowledge of Characiformes, on the occasion of his 80th birthday.

Synonyms

• Gerichthys -- misspel.

References

• Zarske, A.; 1997: Geryichthys sterbai gen. et spec. nov. and Microcharacidium geryi spec. nov.: Beschreibung einer neuen Gattung und zweier neuer Arten von Bodensalmlern aus dem Einzugsgebiet des Rio Ucayali in Peru (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Characiformes: Characidiidae). Zoologische Abhandlungen Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde in Dresden, 49 (2): 157–172.
• Geryichthys and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.