Biology:Acnodon senai

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Short description: Species of fish

Acnodon senai
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Serrasalmidae
Genus: Acnodon
Species:
A. senai
Binomial name
Acnodon senai
Jégu & dos Santos, 1990

Acnodon senai is a species of serrasalmids found in South America. It is found in the Jari River basin in Brazil. This species reaches a length of 13.2 cm (5.2 in).[1][2]

Etymology

The fish is named in the memory of fisheries worker Anazildo Mateus de Sena, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia in Manaus, who collected the type specimen during one of his last trips to the field in June 1987.[3]

References

  1. Jégu, M., 2003. Serrasalminae (Pacus and piranhas). p. 182-196. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Acnodon senai" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
  3. "Order CHARACIFORMES: Families TARUMANIIDAE, ERYTHRINIDAE, PARODONTIDAE, CYNODONTIDAE, SERRASALMIDAE, HEMIODONTIDAE, ANOSTOMIDAE and CHILODONTIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/characiformes2/. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3757448 entry