Astyanax lacustris

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
Genus: Astyanax
Species: Astyanax lacustris

Name

Astyanax lacustris (Lütken, 1875)

• Syntypes: MNHN 0000-9580 [ex ZMUC] (3); NMW 57540 (1); SMNS 2045 (2); ZMB 9200 (2); ZMUC uncat. (25).

Type locality: Lagoa Santa, 19°38'S, 43°53'W, Brazil.

Etymology: lacustrine (belonging to a lake), described from Lagoa Santa, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Synonyms

• Tetragonopterus lacustris Lütken, 1875
• Tetragonopterus jacuhiensis Cope, 1894
  • Astyanax jacuhiensis (Cope, 1894)
• Astyanax (Poecilurichthys) bimaculatus paraguayensis Eigenmann, 1921
  • Astyanax bimaculatus paraguayensis Eigenmann, 1921
• Astyanax bimaculatus asuncionensis Géry, 1972
  • Astyanax asuncionensis Géry, 1972.
• Astyanax altiparanae Garutti & Britski, 2000

References

• Lucena, C.A.S.d. & Soares, H.G. 2016. Review of species of the Astyanax bimaculatus “caudal peduncle spot” subgroup sensu Garutti & Langeani (Characiformes, Characidae) from the rio La Plata and rio São Francisco drainages and coastal systems of southern Brazil and Uruguay. Zootaxa 4072(1): 101–125. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4072.1.5 Reference page. 
• Lütken, C.F. 1875. Characinae novae Brasiliae centralis a clarissimo J. Reinhardt in provincia Minas-Geraes circa oppidulum Lagoa Santa in lacu ejusdem nominis, flumine Rio das Velhas et rivulis affluentibus collectae, secundum characteres essentiales breviter descriptae. Oversigt over det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Forhandlinger og dets Medlemmers Arbeider 1874(3): 127–143. Reference page. 

Links

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

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