Acestrorhynchus heterolepis

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: Acestrorhynchidae
Subfamilia: Acestrorhynchinae
Genus: Acestrorhynchus
Species: Acestrorhynchus heterolepis

Name

Acestrorhynchus heterolepis (Cope, 1878: 287)

• Type locality: Peruvian Amazon
• Lectotype: ANSP 21246
• Paralectotypes: ANSP 21247-48 (2)

Synonymy

• Xiphorhamphus heterolepis Cope, 1878 (original combination)

References

• Cope, E.D. 1878: Synopsis of the fishes of the Peruvian Amazon, obtained by Professor Orton during his expeditions of 1873 and 1877. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 17 (101): 673–701. BHL
• Menezes, N.A. & Géry, J. 1983: Seven new acestrorhynchin characid species (Osteichthyes, Ostariophysi, Characiformes) with comments on the systematics of the group. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 90 (3): 563–592.

Links

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