Species details

Accepted scientific name:

Brycon amazonicus (Spix & Agassiz, 1829) (accepted name)

Synonyms:

Brycon carpophagus (Valenciennes, 1850) (synonym)

Brycon cephalus (non Günther, 1869) (misapplied name)

Brycon longiceps Steindachner, 1879 (synonym)

Brycon pellegrini Holly, 1929 (synonym)

Brycon siebenthalae Eigenmann, 1912 (synonym)

Chalceus amazonicus Spix & Agassiz, 1829 (synonym)

Chalceus carpophaga Valenciennes, 1850 (synonym)

Common names:

西本石脂鯉 Mandarin Chinese

西本石脂鲤 Mandarin Chinese

Bocón English, Spanish

Jatuarana Portuguese

Matrinchã Portuguese

Palambra Spanish

Yamú Spanish

Classification:

Animalia

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Phylum Chordata

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Class Actinopterygii

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Order Characiformes

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Family Characidae

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Genus Brycon

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Distribution:

Venezuela; Trinidad and Tobago; South America: Amazon River and its main tributaries in Brazil; Orinoco and Essequibo River basins.; Orinoco; Neotropical; Guyana; Colombia; Brazil; America, South - Inland waters; America, North - Inland waters; Amazon

Additional data:

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Source database:

FishBase, Dec 2008

Latest taxonomic scrutiny:

Data last modified by FishBase 10-Jun-2001

Online resource:

http://www.fishbase.org/...


CoL taxon LSID:

urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:3fab37c4-52c2-102c-b3cd-957176fb88b9:ac2009


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