Sternarchorhynchus oxyrhynchus
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Sternarchorhynchus oxyrhynchus (Müller, Troschel, 1848)
St. [Sternarchus] oxyrhynchus Müller, Troschel, 1848: 640. Type locality: Essequibo [Guyana]. Holotype or Syntype: ZMB 4086; 16-18 Zoll TL [470 mm TL; Ellis, in Eigenmann 1912: 438, footnote 71). Described, as new, in more detail in Müller, Troschel (1849: 16, pl. 2, figs. 1, 2).
Sternarchorhynchus Mulleri [sic] Castelnau,1855:95. Type locality: la riviere d’Essequebo [Guyana]. Unneeded replacement name for Sternarchus oxyrhynchus Müller, Troschel, 1848.
Remarks: See discussion in de Santana, Vari (2010b: 333) regarding the uncertainty about whether Müller, Troschel examined more than one specimen. At present, only a single specimen has been found at ZMB.
Distribution: Orinoco River basin; report of the species in Essequibo River probably erroneous (de Santana, Vari, 2010b).
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Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Muller, Troschel
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Gymnotiformes
- Family
- Apteronotidae
- Genus
- Sternarchorhynchus
- Species
- oxyrhynchus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Sternarchorhynchus oxyrhynchus (Muller, 1848) sec. Ferraris, Santana & Vari, 2017
References
- Muller J, Troschel FH. Fische. In: Schomburgk R. Reisen in Britisch- Guiana in den Jahren 1840 - 1844. Nebts einer Fauna und Flora Guiana's. Dritter Theil [Thl. 3]: Versuch einer Fauna und Flora von Britisch-Guiana. Leipzig: J. J. Weber. 1848. p. 618 - 644.
- Eigenmann CH. The freshwater fishes of British Guiana, including a study of the ecological grouping of species, and the relation of the fauna of the plateau to that of the lowlands. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Institute; 1912. (Series: Memoirs of the Carnegie museum; vol 5).
- Muller J, Troschel FH. Horae ichthyologicae. III Beschreibung und Abbildung neuer Fische. Berlin: Von Veit. 1849.
- Castelnau F. Poissons. In: Animaux nouveaux or rares recueillis pendant l'expedition dans les parties centrales de l'Amerique du Sud, de Rio de Janeiro a Lima, et de Lima au Para. Paris: Chez P. Bertrand; 1855.
- de Santana CD, Vari RP. Electric fishes of the genus Sternarchorhynchus (Teleostei, Ostariophysi, Gymnotiformes); phylogenetic and revisionary studies. Zool J Linn Soc-Lond. 2010 b; 159: 223 - 371.