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View Mode View All Pictures Species Megalobrycon melanopterum Cope    Megalobrycon melanopterum was originally described as Megalobrycon melanopterum by Cope in 1872. It belongs to the family Characidae and subfamily Bryconinae. It is found in Fresh water and its distribution is Amazon River basin: Bolivia, Brazil, 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   melanopterum AuthorWI   Cope [E. D.] AuthorNI   Cope Qualification   --- Year   1872 Status   Synonym Class   Osteichthyes Osteichthyes Order   Characiformes Characiformes Family   Characidae Subfamily   Bryconinae Bryconinae Genus   Megalobrycon Subgenus   --- Class   Osteichthyes Order   Characiformes Family   Characidae Subfamily   Bryconinae Genus   Megalobrycon Original Name   Megalobrycon         Taxon Name   melanopterum Original Combination   Megalobrycon melanopterum Original Genus   Megalobrycon Original Genus Species   Megalobrycon melanopterum OriginalSubGenus   Megalobrycon Original Author   Cope Original AuthorWI   Cope [E. D.] Original Qualification   --- Original Year   1872 Original Family   Characidae Original SubFamily   Bryconinae Original Level   species Type Locality   Río Ambyiacu, Peru. Types   Paratypes: ANSP 8036 (1). Type Catalogue   Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:51 [ref. 13621]. Primary Code   Holotype Primary Type   ANSP 8035 Journal   Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. Citation   v. 23 Page   262 Illustrations   Pl. 13 (fig. 1) SubSpecies AuthorWI   --- Qualification SS   --- Original QualificationSS   --- Current Subspecies AuthorWI   --- Current Genus Species   Brycon melanopterus Current Species   melanopterus Current Genus   Brycon Current AuthorWI   Cope [E. D.] Current AuthorNI   Cope Current Year   1872 Current Family   Characidae Current Subfamily   Bryconinae Bryconinae         Water Fresh water     Distribution Amazon River basin: Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador and Peru. Current Summary   Synonym of Brycon melanopterus  (Cope 1872). Bryconidae: Bryconinae.   Name History   • Valid as Brycon melanopterus  (Cope 1872) -- (Howes 1982:32, 34 [ref. 14201], Ortega & Vari 1986:7 [ref. 9708], Géry & Mahnert 1992:802 [ref. 27146], Lima in Reis et al. 2003:177 [ref. 27061], Lima 2004:282 [ref. 27858]). 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 (3 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   cephalus Megalobrycon cephalus Günther [A.] 1869 Synonym erythropterum Megalobrycon erythropterum Cope [E. D.] 1872 Synonym piabanha Megalobrycon piabanha Miranda Ribeiro [A. de] 1902 Synonym 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 (3 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1] Page size: 25 50 100 Create Filter   Loading…