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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: Laemolyta
Species: L. fasciata – L. fernandezi – L. garmani – L. macra – L. nitens – L. orinocensis – L. petiti – L. proxima – L. taeniata – L. varia
Name
Laemolyta Cope 1872

Laemolyta is a genus of headstander found in the Orinoco and Amazon Basins in South America.
Species

There are currently nine recognized species in this genus:[1]

Laemolyta fasciata N. E. Pearson, 1924
Laemolyta fernandezi G. S. Myers, 1950
Laemolyta garmani (Borodin, 1931)
Laemolyta macra Géry, 1974
Laemolyta nitens (Garman, 1890)
Laemolyta orinocensis (Steindachner, 1879)
Laemolyta proxima (Garman, 1890)
Laemolyta taeniata (Kner, 1858)
Laemolyta varia (Garman, 1890)

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Laemolyta in FishBase. October 2012 version.

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