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Eretmobrycon
Genus of fishes
Eretmobrycon is a genus of characins found in Central and South America.[1]
Etymology
eretmón (Gr. ἐρετμόν) means oar or paddle, referring to the paddle-like lower caudal-fin lobe of E. bayano; brycon is a generalized term used in generic names of many characiform fishes, derived from brýchō (Gr. βρύχω), to bite, gnash teeth or eat greedily, originally an allusion to a fully toothed maxillae.[2]
Species
There are currently 12 recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Eretmobrycon bayano W. L. Fink, 1976
- Eretmobrycon brevirostris (Günther, 1860)
- Eretmobrycon dahli (Román-Valencia, 2000)
- Eretmobrycon ecuadorensis (Román-Valencia, Ruiz-C., Taphorn, Jiménez-Prado & García-Alzate, 2015) [3]
- Eretmobrycon emperador (C. H. Eigenmann & Ogle, 1907)
- Eretmobrycon gonzalezi (Román-Valencia, 2002)
- Eretmobrycon guaytarae (C. H. Eigenmann & Henn, 1914)
- Eretmobrycon miraensis (Fowler, 1945)
- Eretmobrycon peruanus (J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1845)
- Eretmobrycon scleroparius (Regan, 1908)
- Eretmobrycon simus (Boulenger, 1898)
- Eretmobrycon terrabensis (Meek, 1914)
References
- ^ a b 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). "Family STEVARDIIDAE Gill 1858 (Stevardiids)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
- ^ Román–Valencia, C., Ruiz–C., R.I., Taphorn B., D.C., Jiménez–Prado, P. & García–Alzate, C.A. (2015): A new species of Bryconamericus (Characiformes, Stevardiinae, Characidae) from the Pacific coast of northwestern Ecuador, South America. Animal Biodiversity and Conservation, 38 (2): 241-252.
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