Bryconops (Bryconops)

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: Iguanodectidae
Genus: Bryconops
Subgenus: Bryconops (Bryconops)

Species: B. (B.) alburnoides – B. (B.) caudomaculatus – B. (B.) collettei – B. (B.) disruptus – B. (B.) durbini – B. (B.) gracilis – B. (B.) magoi – B. (B.) piracolina – B. (B.) tocantinensis

Name

Bryconops (Bryconops) Kner, 1858

• Type species: Bryconops alburnoides Kner, 1858

Etymology: –ops (= appearance), apparently reflecting Kner’s belief that genus could be “classified with the hither related species of the genus Brycon” (translation). (From: The ETYFish project)

Synonyms

• Brycochandus Eigenmann, 1908

References

• Kner, R. 1858. Beiträge zur Familie der Characinen. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 30 (no. 13): 75–80. BHLReference page. 

Links

• The ETYFish project