Dianema

Dianema urostriatum

Taxonavigation

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: Callichthyidae
Genus: Dianema
Species: D. longibarbis – D. urostriatum

Name

Dianema Cope, 1871

First appeared with brief description and no species; species added by Cope 1872:276.

Type species: Dianema longibarbis Cope, 1872. Type by subsequent monotypy.

Gender: neuter

Synonyms

• Decapogon Eigenmann & Eigenmann 1888:165

References

Primary references

• Cope, E.D. 1871. Some anatomical points of importance in the classification of the siluroids of the Amazon. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 23: 112–113. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1872. On the fishes of the Ambyiacu River. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 23: 250–294, Pls. 3–16. BHL Reference page.  [see page 276]
• Eigenmann, C.H. & Eigenmann, R.S. 1888. Preliminary notes on South American Nematognathi. I. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 2) 1(2): 119–172. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Dianema and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on October 2, 2018.
• Dianema Cope, 1871 – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).