Lophiobrycon weitzmani
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Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
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Kingdom: | Animalia
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Phylum: | Chordata
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Genus: | Lophiobrycon , , & , 2003
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Species: | L. weitzmani
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Lophiobrycon weitzmani , , & , 2003
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Lophiobrycon weitzmani is a species of small characin endemic to Brazil, where it is found in the upper Paraná River basin.[1] It is considered threatened by Brazil's Ministry of the Environment.[2] This species is the only member of its genus, but it is closely related to Glandulocauda and Mimagoniates (together they form the tribe Glandulocaudini).[3]
Named in honor of Stanley H. Weitzman (1927-2017), Smithsonian Institution, for his “seminal” work on the systematics of neotropical characiformes, particularly the subfamily Glandulocaudinae (now subsumed into Stevardiinae).[4]
References[]
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Lophiobrycon in FishBase. December 2018 version.
- ^ ICMBio (Ministry of the Environment, Brazil): Portaria MMA nº 445, de 17 de dezembro de 2014. Lista de Especies Ameaçadas - Saiba Mais. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CHARACIFORMES: Family CHARACIDAE: Subfamily STEVARDIINAE + Incertae sedis". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
Categories:
- Characidae
- Monotypic fish genera
- Fish of South America
- Fish of Brazil
- Endemic fauna of Brazil
- Fish described in 2003
- Characiformes stubs