Lophiobrycon
| Lophiobrycon | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Characidae |
| Genus: | Lophiobrycon R. M. C. Castro, A. C. Ribeiro, Benine & A. L. A. Melo, 2003 |
| Species: | L. weitzmani
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| Binomial name | |
| Lophiobrycon weitzmani | |
Lophiobrycon weitzmani is a
Ministry of the Environment.[2] This species is the only member of the genus Lophiobrycon, but it is closely related to Glandulocauda and Mimagoniates (together they form the tribe Glandulocaudini).[3]
Named in honor of Stanley H. Weitzman (1927-2017), Smithsonian Institution, for his “seminal” work on the systematics of neotropical characiformes, particularly the subfamily Glandulocaudinae (now subsumed into Stevardiinae).[4]
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Lophiobrycon in FishBase. December 2018 version.
- ICMBio (Ministry of the Environment, Brazil): Portaria MMA nº 445, de 17 de dezembro de 2014. Lista de Especies Ameaçadas - Saiba Mais. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
- ^ Thomaz, A.T., Arcila, D., Ortí, G. & Malabarba, L.R. (2015): Molecular phylogeny of the subfamily Stevardiinae Gill, 1858 (Characiformes: Characidae): classification and the evolution of reproductive traits. BMC Evolutionary Biology, (2015) 15: 146.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CHARACIFORMES: Family CHARACIDAE: Subfamily STEVARDIINAE + Incertae sedis". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
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