Eretmobrycon
| Eretmobrycon | |
|---|---|
| Eretmobrycon scleroparius | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Stevardiidae |
| Subfamily: | Landoninae |
| Genus: | Eretmobrycon W. L. Fink, 1976[1] |
| Type species | |
| Eretmobrycon bayano W. L. Fink, 1976[1]
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Eretmobrycon is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Stevardiidae. The fishes in this genus are found in Central and South America.[2]
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), meaning to "bite", "gnash teeth" or "eat greedily", originally an allusion to a fully toothed maxillae.[3]
Species
Eretmobrycon contains the following valid species:[4]
- Eretmobrycon bayano W. L. Fink, 1976
- Eretmobrycon brevirostris (Günther, 1860)
- Eretmobrycon ecuadorensis (Román-Valencia, Ruiz-C., Taphorn, Jiménez-Prado & García-Alzate, 2015)
- Eretmobrycon emperador (C. H. Eigenmann & Ogle, 1907)
- Eretmobrycon festae (Boulenger, 1898)
- Eretmobrycon gonzalezoi (Román-Valencia, 2002)
- Eretmobrycon guaytarae (C. H. Eigenmann & Henn, 1914)
- Eretmobrycon ichoensis (Román-Valencia, 2000)
- Eretmobrycon miraensis (Fowler, 1945)
- Eretmobrycon peruanus (Müller & Troschel, 1845)
- Eretmobrycon scleroparius (Regan, 1908)
- Eretmobrycon simus (Boulenger, 1898)
- Eretmobrycon terrabensis (Meek, 1914)
References
- ^ a b Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Landoninae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
- ^ 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. Bibcode:2015BMCEE..15..146T. doi:10.1186/s12862-015-0403-4. PMC 4509481. PMID 26195030.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf (17 July 2025). "Family STEVARDIIDAE Gill 1858 (Stevardiids)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
- ^ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Eretmobrycon". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 30 August 2025.