Bario (fish)
Bario steindachneri is a species of characin from Brazil and Peru. It is the only member of the genus Bario. It is found in a freshwater environment within a pelagic depth range in a tropical climate.[4]
| Bario | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Characidae |
| Genus: | Bario G. S. Myers, 1940 |
| Species: | B. steindachneri |
| Binomial name | |
| Bario steindachneri | |
Bario steindachneri can reach the maximum recorded length of about 9 cm (3.5 in) as an unsexed male.[4] It is found in the Amazon River basin of South America.[4][5]
The fish is named in honor of Austrian ichthyologist Franz Steindachner (1834-1919), who originally described this species in 1891 but unwittingly used a name that already been used.[6]
References
- "Bario steindachneri (Eigenmann, 1893)". ITIS Standard Report Page. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
- "Bario steindachneri 祕魯巴西脂鯉". AnimalDiversityWeb. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
- "Bario steindachneri (Sarjatetra)". Zipcode Zoo. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
- "Bario steindachneri (Eigenmann, 1893)". Fish Base. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
- "Bario steindachneri". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CHARACIFORMES: Family CHARACIDAE: Subfamily STETHAPRIONINAE (a-g)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
Notes
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Bario steindachneri" in FishBase. October 2011 version.
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