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: Characidae
Subfamilia: Stethaprioninae
Genus: Gymnocorymbus
Species: G. bondi – G. flaviolimai – G. ternetzi – G. thayeri
Name
Gymnocorymbus Eigenmann, 1908
Type species: Gymnocorymbus thayeri Eigenmann, 1908
Etymology: gymnos, bare or naked, presumably referring to “naked [i.e., scaleless] predorsal line”; coryumbus, summit, presumably referring to humped dorsal profile. The ETYFish Project
References
Benine, R.C., Melo, B.F., Castro, R.M.C. & Oliveira, C. 2015. Taxonomic revision and molecular phylogeny of Gymnocorymbus Eigenmann, 1908 (Teleostei, Characiformes, Characidae). Zootaxa 3956(1): 1–28. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3956.1.1. Preview (PDF) Reference page.
Eigenmann, C.H. 1908. Preliminary descriptions of new genera and species of tetragonopterid characins. (Zoölogical Results of the Thayer Brazilian expedition.). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 52(6): 91–106. BHL Reference page.
Links
Gymnocorymbus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Gymnocorymbus is a genus of small characins from the Amazon, Paraguay, Orinoco, Courantyne, Gurupí and Parnaíba river basins in South America.[1][2] These tetras are popular in the aquarium trade.
Species
There are currently 4 recognized species in this genus:[2]
Gymnocorymbus bondi (Fowler, 1911)
Gymnocorymbus flaviolimai Benine, B. F. de Melo, R. M. C. Castro & C. de Oliveira, 2015[1]
Gymnocorymbus ternetzi (Boulenger, 1895) (Black tetra)
Gymnocorymbus thayeri C. H. Eigenmann, 1908 (False black tetra)
References
Benine, R.C., Melo, B.F., Castro, R.M.C. & Oliveira, C. (2015): Taxonomic revision and molecular phylogeny of Gymnocorymbus Eigenmann, 1908 (Teleostei, Characiformes, Characidae). Zootaxa, 3956 (1): 1-28.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Gymnocorymbus in FishBase. January 2017 version.
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