Brycon meeki (Weitzman, 1962) Eigenmann & Hildebrand, 1918

Mirande, Juan Marcos, 2010, Phylogeny of the family Characidae (Teleostei: Characiformes): from characters to taxonomy, Neotropical Ichthyology 8 (3), pp. 385-568 : 483

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.1590/S1679-62252010000300001

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17817127

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/FD4787B0-0167-FFD8-FCA7-FC83C710A7DC

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scientific name

Brycon meeki
status

 

Autapomorphies of Brycon meeki View in CoL :

1. Temporal fossa (13): (1> 0) well developed.Paralleled in node 300 and in Bryconexodon juruenae and Salminus brasiliensis .

2. Number of epurals (297): (0> 1) three. Paralleled in the Alestidae and in node 167.

Some trees:

3. Contact between frontals anteriorly to frontal fontanel (21): (1> 0) absent. (k11-14). Paralleled in node 167 and in Metynnis maculatus . Some trees: Paralleled in nodes 175 and 206.

4. Length of supraoccipital spine (53): (1> 0) extends posteriorly to, at least, middle length of neural complex of Weberian apparatus. (k11-14). Paralleled in the Serrasalmidae , in nodes 182 and 205, and in Piabucus melanostomus and Prochilodus lineatus . Some trees: Paralleled in Brycon orbignyanus .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopterygii

Order

Characiformes

Family

Bryconidae

SubFamily

Acestrorhynchinae

Genus

Brycon

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