Hepsetus cuvieri

Hepsetus cuvieri

Taxonavigation

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

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

• Hydrocyonoides cuvieri Castelnau, 1861

References

• 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.