Hepsetus cuvieri

Taxonavigation

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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: Hepsetidae
Genus: Hepsetus
Species: Hepsetus cuvieri

Name

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Hepsetus cuvieri (Castelnau, 1861)

  • Neotype: BMNH 1910.5.31.21
    • Neotype designated by Zengeya et al. (2011)

Neotype locality: Lake Ngami, Botswana, ± 20°30'S, 22°40'E [1].

Synonyms

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References

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  • Castelnau, F. L.; 1861: Mémoire sur les poissons de l'Afrique australe. Paris. i-vii + 1-78.
  • Zengeya, T.A., Decru, E. & Vreven, E.; 2011): Revalidation of Hepsetus cuvieri (Castelnau, 1861) (Characiformes: Hepsetidae) from the Quanza, Zambezi and southern part of the Congo ichthyofaunal provinces. Journal of Natural History, 45 (27–28): 1723–1744.