Agoniates anchovia

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: Characidae
Subfamilia: Agoniatinae
Genus: Agoniates
Species: Agoniates anchovia

Name

Agoniates anchovia Eigenmann, 1914

• Holotype: FMNH 56401 [ex CM 5216].
• Paratypes: FMNH 14918 (1), 56402 (7).

Type locality: Villa Bella, Rio Beni, upper Amazon system, Brazil.

Synonyms

• Agoniates ladigesi Géry, 1963

References

• Eigenmann, C. H.; 1914: Some results from studies of South American fishes. IV. New genera and species of South American fishes. (Contrib. Zool. Lab. Ind. Univ. No. 135). Indiana University Studies, 20: 44–48.
• Géry, J.; 1963: Essai sur les affinités phylogénétiques des Agoniates et l'origine des Characidae, à propos de la description d'une forme nouvelle de l'Amazone péruvienne: Agoniates ladigesi. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut, 60 [1962]: 265–284, Pl. 4.
• Zarske, A. & Géry, J.; 1997: Rediscovery of Agoniates halecinus Müller & Troschel, 1845, with a supplementary description of Agoniates anchovia Eigenmann, 1914, and a definition of the genus (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Characiformes: Characidae). Zoologische Abhandlungen; Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde in Dresden, 49: 173–184.