Metynnis

M. lippincottianus

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: Serrasalmidae
Genus: Metynnis

Species (16): M. altidorsalis – M. argenteus – M. cuiaba – M. fasciatus – M. guaporensis – M. hypsauchen – M. lippincottianus – M. longipinnis – M. luna – M. maculatus – M. melanogrammus – M. mola – M. orinocensis – M. otuquensis – M. polystictus – M. unimaculatum

Name

• Metynnis Cope, 1878: 692
  • Gender: masculine.
  • Type species: Metynnis luna Cope, 1878.
    • Fixation: type by monotypy.

Synonyms

• Myleocollops Eigenmann, 1903: 147
  • Gender: masculine.
  • Type species: Metynnis goeldii Eigenmann, 1903 (= Myletes lippincottianus Cope, 1870)
    • Fixation: type by original designation (also monotypic).

• Sealeina Fowler, 1907: 478
  • Gender: feminine.
  • Type species: Myletes lippincottianus Cope, 1870.
    • Fixation: type by original designation (also monotypic).

References

Primary references

• Cope, E.D. 1878. Synopsis of the fishes of the Peruvian Amazon, obtained by Professor Orton during his expeditions of 1873 and 1877. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 17(101): 673–701. BHL
• Eigenmann, C.H. 1903. New genera of South American fresh-water fishes, and new names for old genera. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 45: 144–148. BHL
• Fowler, H.W. 1907. Further knowledge of some heterognathous fishes. Part II. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 58(for 1906): 431–483. BHL

Links

• Cope, 1878 – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Metynnis 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.
• Metynnis species list in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.