Gymnocorymbus

Gymnocorymbus ternetzi

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: Characidae
Subfamilia: Stethaprioninae
Genus: Gymnocorymbus
Species: G. bondi – G. flaviolimai – G. ternetzi – G. thayeri

Name

Gymnocorymbus Eigenmann, 1908

Type species: Gymnocorymbus thayeri Eigenmann, 1908

Etymology: gymnos, bare or naked, presumably referring to “naked [i.e., scaleless] predorsal line”; coryumbus, summit, presumably referring to humped dorsal profile. The ETYFish Project

References

Benine, R.C., Melo, B.F., Castro, R.M.C. & Oliveira, C. 2015. Taxonomic revision and molecular phylogeny of Gymnocorymbus Eigenmann, 1908 (Teleostei, Characiformes, Characidae). Zootaxa 3956(1): 1–28. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3956.1.1. Preview (PDF) Reference page.

Eigenmann, C.H. 1908. Preliminary descriptions of new genera and species of tetragonopterid characins. (Zoölogical Results of the Thayer Brazilian expedition.). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 52(6): 91–106. BHL Reference page.

Links

Gymnocorymbus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

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