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View Mode View All Pictures Species Hypomasticus megalepis (Günther 1863)    Hypomasticus megalepis was originally described as Leporinus megalepis by Günther in 1863. It belongs to the family Anostomidae. It is found in Fresh water and its distribution is Essequibo River basin, Guyana.   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   megalepis AuthorWI   Günther [A.] AuthorNI   Günther Qualification   --- Year   1863 Status   Valid Class   Osteichthyes Osteichthyes Order   Characiformes Characiformes Family   Anostomidae Subfamily   --- --- Genus   Hypomasticus Subgenus   --- Class   Osteichthyes Order   Characiformes Family   Anostomidae Genus   Hypomasticus Original Name   Leporinus         Taxon Name   megalepis Original Combination   Leporinus megalepis Original Genus   Leporinus Original Genus Species   Hypomasticus megalepis OriginalSubGenus   Leporinus Original Author   Günther Original AuthorWI   Günther [A.] Original Qualification   --- Original Year   1863 Original Family   Anostomidae Original SubFamily   --- Original Level   species Type Locality   Essequibo River, Guyana. Types   Paralectotypes: BMNH 1864.1.21.43-44 (2). Primary Code   --- Primary Type   BMNH 1864.1.21.45 Journal   Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (Ser. 3) Citation   v. 12 (no. 72) Page   443 SubSpecies AuthorWI --- Qualification SS --- Original QualificationSS --- Current Subspecies AuthorWI --- Current Genus Species Hypomasticus megalepis Current Species   megalepis Current Genus Hypomasticus Current AuthorWI Günther [A.] Current AuthorNI   Günther Current Year   1863 Current Family Anostomidae Current Subfamily --- ---         Water Fresh water     Distribution Essequibo River basin, Guyana. Current Summary   Valid as Hypomasticus megalepis  (Günther 1863). Anostomidae.   Name History   • Synonym of Leporinus maculatus  Müller & Troschel 1844 -- (Taphorn 1992:39 [ref. 23654]). • Valid as Leporinus megalepis  Günther 1863 -- (Géry et al. 1988:704 [ref. 27759], Santos & Jégu 1996:166 [ref. 23717], Garavello 2000:199 [ref. 24492], Garavello & Britski in Reis et al. 2003:76 [ref. 27061]). • Valid as Hypomasticus megalepis  (Günther 1863) -- (Sidlauskas & Vari 2008:74 [ref. 29786], Britski & Birindelli 2013:25 [ref. 32699], Birindelli et al. 2013:464 [ref. 32924]) Common Names Picture  Picture Places  Places Hierarchy  Hierarchy Pictures  Pictures First Publication  First Publication Collections  Collections Species Links  Species Links Name Combinations  Name Combinations References  References Page 1 of 1 (7 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   despaxi Hypomasticus despaxi (Puyo [J.] 1943) Valid garmani Hypomasticus garmani (Borodin [N. A.] 1929) Valid julii Hypomasticus julii (dos Santos [G. M.], Jégu [M.] & Lima [A. C.] 1996) Valid lineomaculatus Hypomasticus lineomaculatus Birindelli [J. L. O.], Peixoto [L. A. W.], Wosiacki [W. B.] & Britski [H. A.] 2013 Valid mormyrops Hypomasticus mormyrops (Steindachner [F.] 1875) Valid pachycheilus Hypomasticus pachycheilus (Britski [H. A.] 1976) Valid thayeri Hypomasticus thayeri (Borodin [N. A.] 1929) 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 (7 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1] Page size: 25 50 100 Create Filter   Loading…