Astyanax bimaculatus

Astyanax bimaculatus

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
Genus: Astyanax
Species: Astyanax bimaculatus

Name

Astyanax bimaculatus (Linnaeus, 1758: 311)

• Type locality: South America [Suriname drainages]
• Syntypes: BMNH 1853.11.12.34 (1), ?NRM 7236 (2)

Synonymy

• Astyanax bimaculatus var. borealis Eigenmann, 1908
• Poecilurichthys brevoortii Gill, 1858
• Salmo bimaculatus Linnaeus, 1758 [original combination]
• Tetragonopterus bahiensis Steindachner, 1877
• Tetragonopterus bartlettii Günther, 1866
• Tetragonopterus gronovii Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1850
• Tetragonopterus linnaei Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1850
• Tetragonopterus maculatus Müller & Troschel, 1845
• Tetragonopterus orientalis Cope, 1870
• Tetragonopterus vittatus Castelnau, 1855
• Tetragonopterus wappi Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1850

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp  DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542: 311–312. Reference page. 
• Ortega, H. & Vari, R.P. 1986: Annotated checklist of the freshwater fishes of Peru. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 437 : iii + 25 p.

Links

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

Vernacular names

English: Twospot tetra, twospot astyanax
português: Lambari-pintado, Canivete

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