Atopomesus
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Atopomesus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Characiformes |
Family: | Characidae |
Genus: | Atopomesus G. S. Myers, 1927 |
Species: | A. pachyodus
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Binomial name | |
Atopomesus pachyodus G. S. Myers, 1927
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Atopomesus pachyodus is a species of fish in the family Characidae endemic to the Rio Negro drainage, Amazon basin. This species is the only member of the genus Atopomesus.[1]
Distribution
The home of the Atopomesus pachyodus is the Negro drainage in Brazil.
References
- ^ Esguícero, A.L.H. & Castro, R.M.C. (2016): Taxonomic revision of the genus Atopomesus Myers, 1927 (Characiformes: Characidae), with comments on its phylogenetic relationships. Vertebrate Zoology, 66 (3): 241-249.
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