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: Alestidae
Genus: Brycinus
Species: B. abeli – B. affinis – B. bartoni – B. batesii – B. bimaculatus – B. brevis – B. carmesinus – B. carolinae – B. epuluensis – B. ferox – B. fwaensis – B. grandisquamis – B. humilis – B. imberi – B. jacksonii – B. kingsleyae – B. lateralis – B. leuciscus – B. luteus – B. macrolepidotus – B. minutus – B. nigricauda – B. nurse – B. opisthotaenia – B. peringueyi – B. poptae – B. rhodopleura – B. sadleri – B. schoutedeni – B. taeniurus – B. tessmanni – B. tholloni
Name
Brycinus Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1850: 157
Type species: Brycinus macrolepidotus Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1850
Type by monotypy
Gender: masculine
References
Cuvier, G. & A. Valenciennes 1850: Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome vingt-deuxième. Suite du livre vingt-deuxième. Suite de la famille des Salmonoïdes. Table générale de l'Histoire Naturelle des Poissons (pp. 1-91). Histoire naturelle des poissons, 22: i-xx + 1 p. + 1-532 + 1-91, Pls. 634-650.
Gery, J., 1995: Description of new or poorly known Alestinae (Telostei: Characiformes: Alestidae) from Africa, with a note on the generic concept of the Alestinae. International Journal of Ichthyology 1 (4): 37–63.
Murray, A.M., & K.M. Stewart 2002: Phylogenetic relationships of the African genera Alestes and Brycinus (Teleostei, Characiformes, Alestidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology, 80 (11): 1887–1899. DOI: 10.1139/z02-168
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Nomenclator Zoologicus
Brycinus is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Alestiidae. Like other "African characids", they were formerly included in the Characidae but are actually somewhat more distantly related Characiformes.[1]
Like some other Alestiidae, they are called robber tetras due to their bold and rather carnivorous habits. They are not infrequently kept as aquarium fishes and in their requirements resemble the South American tetras of the Characidae. Unlike these, Brycinus are not well-suited to accompany delicate fishes however and are better kept with dwarf cichlids and similar small but robust companions.
Species
Brycinus peringueyi collected in Lavushi Manda National Park, Zambia, by the South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity
There are currently 36 recognized species in this genus:
Brycinus abeli (Fowler, 1936)
Brycinus affinis (Günther, 1894) (Red-fin robber)
Brycinus bartoni (Nichols & La Monte, 1953)
Brycinus batesii (Boulenger, 1903)
Brycinus bimaculatus (Boulenger, 1899)
Brycinus brevis (Boulenger, 1903)
Brycinus carmesinus (Nichols & Griscom, 1917)
Brycinus carolinae (Paugy & Lévêque, 1981)
Brycinus comptus (T. R. Roberts & D. J. Stewart, 1976)
Brycinus derhami Géry & Mahnert, 1977
Brycinus epuluensis Decru, Vreven, Sadio & Snoeks, 2016 [2]
Brycinus ferox (A. J. Hopson & J. Hopson, 1982) (Large-toothed Lake Turkana robber)
Brycinus fwaensis Géry, 1995
Brycinus grandisquamis (Boulenger, 1899) (Pink-fin robber)
Brycinus humilis (Boulenger, 1905)
Brycinus imberi (W. K. H. Peters, 1852)
Brycinus intermedius (Boulenger, 1903)
Brycinus jacksonii (Boulenger, 1912) (Victoria robber)
Brycinus kingsleyae (Günther, 1896)
Brycinus lateralis (Boulenger, 1900) (Striped robber)
Brycinus leuciscus (Günther, 1867)
Brycinus longipinnis (Günther, 1864) (Long-fin tetra)
Brycinus luteus (Román, 1966)
Brycinus macrolepidotus Valenciennes, 1850 (True big-scale tetra)
Brycinus minutus (A. J. Hopson & J. Hopson, 1982) (Dwarf Lake Turkana robber)
Brycinus nigricauda (Thys van den Audenaerde, 1974)
Brycinus nurse (Rüppell, 1832) (Nurse tetra)
Brycinus opisthotaenia (Boulenger, 1903)
Brycinus peringueyi (Boulenger, 1923)
Brycinus poptae (Pellegrin, 1906)
Brycinus rhodopleura (Boulenger, 1906)
Brycinus sadleri (Boulenger, 1906) (Sadler's robber)
Brycinus schoutedeni (Boulenger, 1912)
Brycinus taeniurus (Günther, 1867)
Brycinus tessmanni (Pappenheim, 1911)
Brycinus tholloni (Pellegrin, 1901)
References
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Brycinus in FishBase. January 2016 version.
Decru, E., Vreven, E., Sadio, O. & Snoeks, J. (2016): Brycinus epuluensis, a new species from the Epulu River (Congo basin), Africa (Teleostei: Alestidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 27 (1): 49-60.
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