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
Familia: Hemiodontidae
Genus: Bivibranchia
Species (5): B. bimaculata – B. fowleri – B. notata – B. simulata – B. velox
Name
Bivibranchia Eigenmann, 1912: 253, 258
Gender: feminine
Type species: Bivibranchia protractila Eigenmann, 1912 (=Hemiodus fowleri Steindachner, 1908)
Fixation: monotypy
Primary references
Eigenmann, C.H. 1912: 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. Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum, 5 (1): i-xxii + 1-578, Pls. 1-103. BHL
Bivibranchia is a genus of halftooths from tropical South America, with five recognized species:[1]
Bivibranchia bimaculata Vari, 1985
Bivibranchia fowleri (Steindachner, 1908)
Bivibranchia notata Vari & Goulding, 1985
Bivibranchia simulata Géry, Planquette & Le Bail, 1991
Bivibranchia velox (C. H. Eigenmann & G. S. Myers, 1927)
References
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Bivibranchia". FishBase. October 2012 version.
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