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GBIF·2354274speciesAnimalia2,176 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderCharaciformes
  4. ›familyIguanodectidae
  5. ›genusBryconops
Bryconops melanurus
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Bryconops melanurus

Bryconops melanurus (Bloch, 1794)

Also calledTétra à queue brillante (fra) · brykonops surinamský (ces) · Солнечнохвостый бриконопс (rus)

Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF

description

1. Articulation between second and third infraorbitals (62): (0> 2) posteroventrally angled. Paralleled in the Characinae, in nodes 176 and 300, and in Hollandichthys multifasciatus. 2. Cusps of teeth on outer premaxillary row (125): (0> 1) five or more cusps. Paralleled in nodes 265 and 294 and in Brycon orbignyanus, Gymnocharacinus bergii, Micralestes stormsi, and Nematocharax venustus. Some trees: Paralleled in Bryconamericus agna. 3. Number of gill rakers on first hypobranchial and ceratobranchial (196): (0> 1) ten or fewer. Paralleled in the Characinae and in Hyphessobrycon pulchripinnis, Iguanodectes geisleri, and Moenkhausia sanctaefilomenae. Some trees: Paralleled in node 196 and in Hemigrammus erythrozonus and Hyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi.

Phylogeny of the family Characidae (Teleostei: Characiformes): from characters to taxonomy

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Where it has been recorded

Recorded sightings

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2354274.