Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Otomorpha
Subcohors: Ostariophysi
Sectio: Otophysa
Ordo: Characiformes
Superfamilia: Anostomoidea
Familia: Anostomidae
Genus: Anostomus
Species: A. anostomus – A. brevior – A. intermedius – A. longus – A. plicatus – A. spiloclistron – A. ternetzi
Name
Anostomus Scopoli, 1777
Synonyms
Mormyrynchus Swainson, 1839
References
Anostomus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Anostomus is a small genus of fish in the family Anostomidae found in South America. They are found in the Orinoco and Amazon Basin, as well as various rivers in the Guianas. The genus currently contains five described species. Petulanos was until recently included here.
Species
Anostomus anostomus (Linnaeus, 1758) (striped anostomus, striped headstander)
Anostomus brevior Géry, 1961
Anostomus longus Géry, 1961
Anostomus ternetzi Fernández-Yépez, 1949
Anostomus ucayalensis (Fowler, 1906)
References
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Anostomus in FishBase. October 2011 version.
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