Centromochlus (Centromochlus) heckelii

Taxonavigation: Siluriformes

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: Siluriformes

Familia: Auchenipteridae
Subfamilia: Centromochlinae
Genus: Centromochlus
Subgenus: Centromochlus (Centromochlus)
Species: Centromochlus (Centromochlus) heckelii

Name

Centromochlus (Centromochlus) heckelii (De Filippi, 1853)

• Syntypes(?): MZUT 233 [ex MSNM] (1).

Type locality: Río Napo, Amazon River system, Peru.

Etymology: in honor of Johann Jakob Heckel (1790-1857), curator of fishes, Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna. The ETYFish Project

Synonyms

• Auchenipterus heckelii De Filippi, 1853
  • Centromochlus heckelii (De Filippi, 1853)

References

• De Filippi, F. 1853. Nouvelles espèces de poissons. Revue et magasin de zoologie pure et appliquée. (2)5: 164–171 BHL. Reference page. 
• Grant, S., 2015: Four new subgenera of Centromochlus Kner, 1858 with comments on the boundaries of some related genera (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae: Centromochlinae). Ichthyofile 3: 1–16.