Characidium gomesi
| Characidium gomesi | |
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| preserved specimen | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Crenuchidae |
| Genus: | Characidium |
| Species: | C. gomesi
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| Binomial name | |
| Characidium gomesi Travassos, 1956
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Characidium gomesi is a fish in the family Crenuchidae.[2] It is native to South America and is found in the Grande, Tietê and Paranapanema rivers in the upper Paraná River drainage, in Brazil. in Brazil.[2]
Size
This species reaches a length of 6.5 cm (2.6 in).[2]
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of Alcides Lourenço Gomes (1916–1991), of the Estacão Experimental de Caça e Pesca in São Paulo, Brazil, who collected so many of the paratypes in 1949 and described the similar Characidium pterostictum in the year 1947.[3]
References
- ^ Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ICMBio) (2022). "Characidium gomesi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (in Portuguese). 2022. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T186701A1817072.pt. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
- ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Characidium gomesi". FishBase. October 2024 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family CRENUCHIDAE Günther 1864 (South American Darters and Sailfin Tetras)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 27 January 2024.