Biology:Phalloceros buckupi

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Phalloceros buckupi
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Poeciliidae
Genus: Phalloceros
Species:
P. buckupi
Binomial name
Phalloceros buckupi
Lucinda, 2008

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

  1. 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. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Phalloceros buckupi" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
  3. "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