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Potamorrhaphis

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Osteichthyes
Classis: Actinopterygii
Subclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Ordo: Beloniformes
Subordo: Belonoidei
Superfamilia: Scomberesocoidea
Familia: Belonidae
Genus: Potamorrhaphis
Species: P. eigenmanni - P. guianensis - P. petersi

Name

Potamorrhaphis Günther, 1866

Gender: feminine

Type species: Belone taeniata Günther, 1866, by subsequent designation by Jordan & Fordice, 1887.

References

* Günther, A. (1866) Catalogue of fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Salmonidae, Percopsidae, Galaxidae, Mormyridae, Gymnarchidae, Esocidae, Umbridae, Scombresocidae, Cyprinodontidae, in the collection of the British Museum. Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. 6: i-xv + 1-368.


Links

* Potamorrhaphis Report on ITIS

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