Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
guppy's characin, Mountain-stream Sardine
Taxonomy
- 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:
Tetragonopterinae
()
- Genus:
Tetragonopterus
()
- Cuvier, 1817
- Specific name:
guppyi
- Scientific name: - Tetragonopterus guppyi
- Specific name:
guppyi
- Genus:
Tetragonopterus
(
- Subfamily:
Tetragonopterinae
(
- 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
Hemibrycon guppyi (Regan)
Similar Species
Members of the genus Tetragonopterus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 24 species and subspecies in this genus:
T. abramis (Tetra) · T. affinis (Orangefin Characin) · T. alburnus (Tetra) · T. caudomaculatus (Tailspot Tetra) · T. collettii (Colletti Tetra) · T. dichrourus (Spot-Tailed Moenkhausia) · T. eigenmanniorum (Tetra) · T. guppyi (Mountain-Stream Sardine) · T. heterorhabdus (Belgian Flag Tetra) · T. huambonicus (Tetra) · T. interruptus (Uruguay Tetra) · T. longipinnis (Tetra) · T. mexicanus (Blind Cavefish) · T. multifasciatus (Silver-Tipped Tetra) · T. nigripinnis (Tetra) · T. ocellifer (Head-And-Tail-Light Tetra) · T. oligolepis (Redeye Tetra) · T. orbicularis (Disk Characin) · T. scabripinnis (Tetra) · T. schomburgkii (Black Band Myleus) · T. scleroparius (Creek Tetra) · T. spilurus (Silver Tetra) · T. taeniatus (Black Widow Tetra) · T. ulreyi (Ulrey's Tetra)
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Further Reading
- The Aquarium. Philadelphia: Aquarium Societies of Brooklyn, Chicago, New York, and Philadelphia, 1912-1914. url .
- The complete aquarium book; the care and breeding of goldfish and tropical fishes, by William T. Innes. .. New York, Halcyon house[c1936] url p. 296.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 173327
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4008919
