Biology:Lophiobrycon

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Lophiobrycon
Scientific classification edit
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
Binomial name
Lophiobrycon weitzmani
R. M. C. Castro, A. C. Ribeiro, Benine & A. L. A. Melo, 2003

Lophiobrycon weitzmani is a species of small characin endemic to Brazil , where it is found in the upper Paraná River basin.[1] It is considered threatened by Brazil's 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

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Lophiobrycon in FishBase. December 2018 version.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. "Order CHARACIFORMES: Family CHARACIDAE: Subfamily STEVARDIINAE + Incertae sedis". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/characiformes7/. 

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