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: Parodontidae
Genus: Saccodon
Species: Saccodon terminalis
Name
Saccodon terminalis (Eigenmann & Henn 1914)
- Holotype?: FMNH 56599 [ex CM 5415].
- Paratypes: CAS 6764 (3), 6766 (1), 16017 (1), 16018 (1) [all from IU 13104]; FMNH 56600 (1); USNM 76975 [ex IU] (2).
Type locality: Vinces, western Ecuador.
Etymology: referring to terminal or subterminal mouth, unique in family. (From The ETYFish project)
Synonyms
- Parodon terminalis Eigenmann & Henn in Eigenmann et al., 1914
- Apareiodon terminalis Eigenmann, 1916
References
- Eigenmann, C.H., Henn, A.W. & Wilson, C. 1914. New fishes from western Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. (Contrib. Zool. Lab. Ind. Univ. No. 133.) Indiana University Studies 19: 1–15. Reference page.
- Pavanelli, C. S. & Starnes, W. C., 2015: Revision of the trans-Andean scrapetooths genus Saccodon (Ostariophysi: Characiformes: Parodontidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 26 (3): 193–207. Abstract Reference page.
Links
- Saccodon terminalis in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2022. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
- Saccodon terminalis in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2022. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 06/2022.