Astyanax abramis

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 abramis

Name

Astyanax abramis (Jenyns, 1842)

• No types known.

Type locality: Río Paraná, up to Rosario, Argentina.

Etymology: abramis, Greek for bream or mullet.

Synonyms

• Tetragonopterus abramis Jenyns, 1842
• Bertoniolus paraguayensis Fowler, 1918
  • Astyanax paraguayensis (Fowler, 1918)

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. 
• Jenyns, L. 1840–42. Fish. In: The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Beagle, under the command of Captain Fitzroy, R. N., during the years 1832 to 1836. London: Smith, Elder, and Co. Issued in 4 parts. i–xvi + 1–172, Pls. 1–29. BHL Reference page. 

Links

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

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