Polycentrus

Life-forms

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: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Ovalentaria

Familia: Polycentridae
Genus: Polycentrus
Species (2): P. jundia – P. schomburgkii
Name

Polycentrus Müller & Troschel, 1849

Type species: Polycentrus schomburgkii Müller & Troschel, 1849. Type by monotypy.

Polycentrus schomburgkii

References

Müller, J. & Troschel, F. H. 1849. Fische (pp. 618–644). In: Reisen in Britisch-Guiana in den Jahren 1840–44. Im Auftrag Sr. Mäjestat des Königs von Preussen ausgeführt von Richard Schomburgk. [Versuch einer Zusammenstellung der Fauna und Flora von Britisch-Guiana.] 3. Berlin. DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511782916Reference page.
Coutinho, D.P. and W.B. Wosiacki, 2014. A new species of leaffish Polycentrus Müller & Troschel, 1849 (Percomorpha: Polycentridae) from the rio Negro, Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology v. 12 (no. 4): 747-753. DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-20140046

Links

Polycentrus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Polycentrus species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2022. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 08/2021.
Polycentrus and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2022. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
Polycentrus – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
Polycentrus in the World Register of Marine Species

Polycentrus is a genus of small fish belonging to the family Polycentridae. They are found in fresh and brackish water in northern South America and Trinidad.[1][2]
Species

There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus:[1][2]

Polycentrus jundia Coutinho & Wosiacki, 2014
Polycentrus schomburgkii Müller & Troschel, 1849 (Guyana leaffish)

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Polycentrus in FishBase. June 2018 version.
Coutinho, D.P. & Wosiacki, W.B. (2014). "A new species of leaffish Polycentrus Müller & Troschel, 1849 (Percomorpha: Polycentridae) from the Rio Negro, Brazil" (PDF). Neotropical Ichthyology. 12 (4): 747–753. doi:10.1590/1982-0224-20140046. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-12-29.