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View Mode View All Pictures Species Hoplomyzon megistus Orcés V.    Hoplomyzon megistus was originally described as Hoplomyzon megistus by Orcés V. in 1961. It belongs to the family Aspredinidae and subfamily Hoplomyzontinae. It is found in Fresh water and its distribution is Bobonaza and Marañón River basins: Ecuador and Peru.   Species Species   Higher Taxa Higher Taxa   Original Original   Subspecies Subspecies   Current Current   General General   Name History Name History   Related Pages Related Pages   Species of this Genus Species of this Genus   Species   megistus AuthorWI   Orcés V. [G.] AuthorNI   Orcés V. Qualification   --- Year   1961 Status   Synonym Class   Osteichthyes Osteichthyes Order   Siluriformes Siluriformes Family   Aspredinidae Subfamily   Hoplomyzontinae Hoplomyzontinae Genus   Hoplomyzon Subgenus   --- Class   Osteichthyes Order   Siluriformes Family   Aspredinidae Subfamily   Hoplomyzontinae Genus   Hoplomyzon Original Name   Hoplomyzon         Taxon Name   megistus Original Combination   Hoplomyzon megistus Original Genus   Hoplomyzon Original Genus Species   Hoplomyzon megistus OriginalSubGenus   Hoplomyzon Original Author   Orcés V. Original AuthorWI   Orcés V. [G.] Original Qualification   --- Original Year   1961 Original Family   Aspredinidae Original SubFamily   Hoplomyzontinae Original Level   species Type Locality   Small river off of the Río Chicherota, Río Bobonaza system, Province Pastaza, eastern Ecuador. Types   Paratypes: Univ. Cent. Ecuador 270 (1). Type Catalogue   Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:60 [ref. 29155]. Primary Code   Holotype Primary Type   Author's coll. 4305 (whereabouts unknown) Journal   Cienc. Nat. (Quito) Citation   v. 4 (no. 1) Page   3 Illustrations   Figs. 1-2 SubSpecies AuthorWI --- Qualification SS --- Original QualificationSS --- Current Subspecies AuthorWI --- Current Genus Species Ernstichthys megistus Current Species   megistus Current Genus Ernstichthys Current AuthorWI Orcés V. [G.] Current AuthorNI   Orcés V. Current Year   1961 Current Family Aspredinidae Current Subfamily Hoplomyzontinae Hoplomyzontinae         Water Fresh water     Distribution Bobonaza and Marañón River basins: Ecuador and Peru. Current Summary   Synonym of Ernstichthys megistus  (Orcés V. 1961). Aspredinidae.   Name History   • Valid as Ernstichthys megistus  (Orcés V. 1961) -- (Burgess 1989:304 [ref. 12860], Friel in Reis et al. 2003:264 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:60 [ref. 29155]). Common Names Picture Places Hierarchy  Hierarchy Pictures  Pictures First Publication  First Publication Collections Species Links  Species Links Name Combinations  Name Combinations References  References Page 1 of 1 (6 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1] Page size: 25 50 100 Drag a column header here to group by that column Species   Genus Species   Authorship   Status   arizona Hoplomyzon arizona (Myers [G. S.] 1942) Synonym atrizona Hoplomyzon atrizona Myers [G. S.] 1942 Valid atrizona petroleus Hoplomyzon atrizona petroleus Schultz [L. P.] 1944 Synonym papillatus Hoplomyzon papillatus Stewart [D. J.] 1985 Valid petroleus Hoplomyzon petroleus Schultz [L. P.] 1944 Synonym sexpapilostoma Hoplomyzon sexpapilostoma Taphorn [D. C.] & Marrero [C.] 1990 Valid Begins with Contains Doesn't contain Ends with Equals Doesn't equal Is less than Is less than or equal to Is greater than Is greater than or equal to Like ('%', '_') Page 1 of 1 (6 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1] Page size: 25 50 100 Create Filter   Loading…