Microsternarchus bilineatus

Taxonavigation: Gymnotiformes

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: Gymnotiformes

Familia: Hypopomidae
Genus: Microsternarchus
Species: Microsternarchus bilineatus

Name

Microsternarchus bilineatus Fernández-Yépez, 1968

• Holotype: MACLPI 65562-B.
• Paratypes: MACLPI 65252-A (26).

Type locality: Río San José, tributary of River Guariquito, southwest of Calabozo, Venezuela.

Etymology: bi- (= two), and lineatus (= lined or striped).

References

• Fernández-Yépez, A. 1968. Contribución al conocimiento de los peces Gymnotiformes. Evencias 20: 6 unnumbered p., 5 unnumbered pls. Reference page. 

Links

• Microsternarchus bilineatus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Microsternarchus bilineatus in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.