Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Tiete tetra
Description
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Habitat
Biome: Freshwater [1].
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Class:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Order:
Characiformes
()
- Family:
Characidae
()
- Subfamily:
Bryconinae
()
- Genus:
Brycon
()
- Müller & Troschel, 1844
- Specific name:
acuminatus
- Scientific name: - Brycon acuminatus (Eigenmann & Norris, 1900)
- Specific name:
acuminatus
- Genus:
Brycon
(
- Subfamily:
Bryconinae
(
- Family:
Characidae
(
- Order:
Characiformes
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Osteichthyes
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Brycon acuminatus • Catabasis acuminatus • Catabasis acuminatus Eigenmann & Norris, 1900
Notes
Following Eschmeyer (2004) Catabasis acuminatus was transferred to Brycon acuminatus.[1].
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Brycon
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 10 species and subspecies in this genus:
B. acuminatus (Tiete Tetra) · B. amazonicus (Bocón) · B. falcatus (Nipon) · B. guatemalensis (Macabi Tetra) · B. insignis (Tiete Tetra) · B. melanopterus (Common Brycon) · B. moorei (Dorada) · B. moorei moorei (Dorada) · B. pesu (Mourning Tetra) · B. whitei (Bocón)
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Further Reading
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- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 24, p. 28, p. 3, p. 4, p. 42, p. 46, p. 5, p. 6.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 13, 2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Brycon acuminatus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 31January2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 122344
- IUCN ID: 196160
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3962054
Footnotes
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Brycon acuminatus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 31 January 2012. [back]
