Brachyhypopomus bennetti

Taxonavigation

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

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

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.