Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Gymnotiformes 

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: Gymnotiformes

Familia: Hypopomidae
Genus: Brachyhypopomus
Subgenus: Brachyhypopomus (Odontohypopomus)
Species: Brachyhypopomus bennetti

Name

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Brachyhypopomus bennetti Sullivan et al., 2013

  • Holotype: INPA 39560.
  • Paratypes (18): INPA 39561 (1 c&s, damaged), 39579 (1 alc, damaged), 8862 (2, damaged), 8863 (1 alc, damaged), 39578 (1 alc, damaged), 39580 (3 alc, 2 damaged).

Type locality: Amazonas, Brazil, floating meadow alongside of lake in the Paraná do Paracuúba, near mouth of Rio Negro and entrance to Lago Janauari, approx. 15 km due south of Manaus, 03°12.6'S, 059°59.40'W [1].

Etymology: This species is named for Michael V. L. Bennett of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Bronx, New York, in honor of his pioneering work on electric fish neurophysiology. Bennett (1961, 1971) reported studying a Brachyhypopomus (therein Hypopomus) with a monophasic EOD likely to have been this species.

References

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  • Bennett, M. V. L.; 1961: Modes of operation of electric organs. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 94: 458–509. DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1961.tb35555.x
  • Bennett, M. V. L.; 1971: Electric organs. In: Hoar, W. S. & Randall, D. J. (Eds): Fish Physiology, Volume 5, Academic Press, New York, 347–491.
  • Sullivan, J. P., Zuanon, J. & Cox Fernandes, C. 2013. Two new species and a new subgenus of toothed Brachyhypopomus electric knifefishes (Gymnotiformes, Hypopomidae) from the central Amazon and considerations pertaining to the evolution of a monophasic electric organ discharge. ZooKeys 327: 1–34. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.327.5427 Reference page