Schizodon borellii

Schizodon borellii
	Schizodon borellii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Anostomidae
Genus:	Schizodon
Species:	S. borellii
Binomial name
	Schizodon borellii; (Boulenger, 1900)

Schizodon borellii is a fish in the family Anostomidae from South America.[1][2]

The fish is named in honor of zoologist Alfonso Borelli (1857-1943), Università di Torino. Borelli led three expeditions into the interior of South America and collected the type specimen of this species along with many other animals.[3]

Description

Schizodon borellii can grow to 40 cm (16 in) standard length.[1]

Distribution

It is found in the Paraguay River basin in Argentina and Brazil.[1]

References

Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Schizodon borellii" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
"Schizodon borellii". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CHARACIFORMES: Families TARUMANIIDAE, ERYTHRINIDAE, PARODONTIDAE, CYNODONTIDAE, SERRASALMIDAE, HEMIODONTIDAE, ANOSTOMIDAE and CHILODONTIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 29 September 2021.

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[fishbase-1] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Schizodon borellii" in FishBase. December 2019 version.

[itis-2] "Schizodon borellii". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 10 November 2020.

[ETYFish-3] Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CHARACIFORMES: Families TARUMANIIDAE, ERYTHRINIDAE, PARODONTIDAE, CYNODONTIDAE, SERRASALMIDAE, HEMIODONTIDAE, ANOSTOMIDAE and CHILODONTIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 29 September 2021.