Metynnis

M. lippincottianus

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: Serrasalmidae
Genus: Metynnis

Species (16): M. altidorsalis – M. argenteus – M. cuiaba – M. fasciatus – M. guaporensis – M. hypsauchen – M. lippincottianus – M. longipinnis – M. luna – M. maculatus – M. melanogrammus – M. mola – M. orinocensis – M. otuquensis – M. polystictus – M. unimaculatum

Name

Metynnis Cope, 1878: 692
- Gender: masculine.
- Type species: Metynnis luna Cope, 1878.
  - Fixation: type by monotypy.

Synonyms

Myleocollops Eigenmann, 1903: 147
- Gender: masculine.
- Type species: Metynnis goeldii Eigenmann, 1903 (= Myletes lippincottianus Cope, 1870)
  - Fixation: type by original designation (also monotypic).

Sealeina Fowler, 1907: 478
- Gender: feminine.
- Type species: Myletes lippincottianus Cope, 1870.
  - Fixation: type by original designation (also monotypic).

References

Primary references

Cope, E.D. 1878. Synopsis of the fishes of the Peruvian Amazon, obtained by Professor Orton during his expeditions of 1873 and 1877. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 17(101): 673–701. BHL
Eigenmann, C.H. 1903. New genera of South American fresh-water fishes, and new names for old genera. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 45: 144–148. BHL
Fowler, H.W. 1907. Further knowledge of some heterognathous fishes. Part II. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 58(for 1906): 431–483. BHL

Links

Cope, 1878 – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Metynnis and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2022. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

Metynnis species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2022. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 06/2022.

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