Biology:Phalloceros buckupi
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Short description: Species of fish
| Phalloceros buckupi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Poeciliidae |
| Genus: | Phalloceros |
| Species: | P. buckupi
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| Binomial name | |
| Phalloceros buckupi Lucinda, 2008
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Phalloceros buckupi, the Jacareí toothcarp, is a species of poeciliid fish native to Brazil. [1]
Distribution
Phalloceros buckupi is found in the Rio Jacareí drainage and neighbouring, which flows into the Baía de Paranaguá in Paraná, Brazil.[2]
Size
The females of this species grow to a total length of 3.3 centimetres (1.3 in), while males remain smaller at 2.0 centimetres (0.79 in). .[2]
Habitat
The fish live in tropical freshwater; and are benthopelagic.[2]
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of Paulo A. Buckup (b. 1959), the collector of the most specimens of this species, and for his many contributions to neotropical ichthyology. [3]
References
- ↑ Lucinda, P.H.F. (2008). "Systematics and biogeography of the genus Phalloceros Eigenmann, 1907 (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae), with the description of twenty-one new species". Neotrop. Ichthyol. 6 (2): 113–158. doi:10.1590/S1679-62252008000200001.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Phalloceros buckupi" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ↑ "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families POECILIIDAE, ANABLEPIDAE, VALENCIIDAE, APHANIIDAE and PROCATOPODIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/cyprinodontiformes4/.
Wikidata ☰ Q5731666 entry
