Astyanax borealis

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 borealis

Name

Astyanax borealis Eigenmann, 1908

• Syntypes: whereabouts unknown.
• Based on Tetragonoptrus maculatus specimens identified by Steindachner 1878:42 and 1880:21

Type locality: Rio Magdalena and Cauca, Colombia.

• Status: species inquirendae (see: Lucena et al., 2016)

Synonyms

• Astyanax bimaculatus var. borealis Eigenmann, 1908
  • Astyanax bimaculatus borealis Eigenmann, 1908 -- Garutti, 1998

References

• Eigenmann, C.H. 1908. Preliminary descriptions of new genera and species of tetragonopterid characins. (Zoölogical Results of the Thayer Brazilian expedition.). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 52(6): 91–106. BHL Reference page. 
• 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.