Bryconops (Creatochanes)

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 (Creatochanes)

Species: B. (C.) affinis – B. (C.) colanegra – B. (C.) colaroja – B. (C.) cyrtogaster – B. (C.) humeralis – B. (C.) giacopinii – B. (C.) imitator – B. (C.) inpai – B. (C.) melanurus – B. (C.) munduruku – B. (C.) transitoria – B. (C.) vibex

Name

Bryconops (Creatochanes) Günther, 1864

• Type species: Salmo melanurus Bloch, 1794

Etymology: etymology not explained, presumably kreas (= flesh or meat); chanos (= gape or open mouth), perhaps referring to toothless (i.e., fleshy) maxillary (“maxillary without teeth”) of B. affinis and B. melanurus (although at least one other publication says their maxillae are indeed toothed). (From: The ETYFish project)

Synonyms

• Autanichthys Fernández-Yépez, 1950
• Creatochanes Günther, 1864

References

• Géry, J. 1977. Characoids of the world. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 1-672. Reference page. 
• Günther, A. 1864. Report of a collection of fishes made by Messrs. Dow, Godman, and Salvin in Guatemala. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864 (pt 1): 144–154. BHL Reference page. 
• Silva-Oliveira, C., Canto, A.L.C. & Ribeiro, F.R.V. 2015. Bryconops munduruku (Characiformes: Characidae), a new species of fish from the lower Tapajós River basin, Brazil. Zootaxa 3994(1): 133–141. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3994.1.7. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 

Links

• The ETYFish project