Polycentrus schomburgkii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ovalentaria
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: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Ovalentaria

Familia: Polycentridae
Genus: Polycentrus
Species: Polycentrus schomburgkii

Name

Polycentrus schomburgkii Müller & Troschel, 1849

Syntypes: ZMB 1024 (2), 20604 (ca. 30).
Type locality: Essequibo River, Guyana.

Synonyms

Labrus punctatus Linnaeus, 1758
Polycentrus tricolor Gill, 1858
Mesonauta surinamensis Sauvage, 1882

Opinion 1954 in June 2000 established that Polycentrus schomburgkii is to be given precedence over the name punctatus Linnaues 1758 whenever the two names are considered to be synonyms. On the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology.

References

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542: 285. Reference page. (Labrus punctatus)
Opinion 1954: Labrus Linnaeus, 1758, Cichlasoma Swainson, 1839 and Polycentrus Müller & Troschel, 1848 (Osteichthyes, Perciformes): conserved by the designation of Labrus mixtus Linnaeus, 1758 as the type species of Labrus and L. bimaculatus Linnaeus 1758 as the type species of Cichlasoma; and Polycentrus schomburgkii Müller & Troschel, 1849: specific name given precedence over L. punctatus Linnaeus, 1758. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature v. 57, pt. 2 (2000):131. BHL
Müller, J. & Troschel, F. H. 1849. Fische (pp. 618–644). In: Reisen in Britisch-Guiana in den Jahren 1840–44. Im Auftrag Sr. Mäjestat des Königs von Preussen ausgeführt von Richard Schomburgk. [Versuch einer Zusammenstellung der Fauna und Flora von Britisch-Guiana.] 3. Berlin. DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511782916Reference page.
Reis, R.E., S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds), 2003. Check list of the freshwater fishes of South and Central America. CLOFFSCA. EDIPUCRS, Porto Alegre. 2003: i-xi + 1-729

Links

Polycentrus schomburgkii in the World Register of Marine Species
Polycentrus schomburgkii in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on June 06, 2021.
Polycentrus schomburgkii in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024, accessed on June 06, 2021.
Polycentrus schomburgkii – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Polycentrus schomburgkii – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).

Vernacular names

čeština: Ostnáč Schomburgkův
Deutsch: Südamerikanischer Vielstachler
English: Guyana leaffish
polski: Wielocierń
português: Marajó
ไทย: ปลาใบไม้กายอานา
українська: Риба-обрубок