Astyanacinus
Sign in to saveAstyanacinus is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American characins. The only species in the genus is Astyanacinus moorii which is found in the Upper Paraguay River basin in Bolivia and Brazil. The specific name honours the English botanist Spencer Moore who collected the holotype.
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It is catalogued under topics including Characiformes genera, Fish of South America and Grundulinae.
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Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderCharaciformes
- FamilyCharacidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 21
- Family
- Characidae
- Collections
- KU, USNM, AUM, ROM
- Recorded in
- Ecuador, Paraguay, Guyana
Wikidata facts
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Characidae
- Image
- Astyanacinus moorii.jpg
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- Astyanacinus
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- Astyanacinus
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- topic's main category
- Category:Astyanacinus
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Astyanacinus is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American characins. The only species in the genus is Astyanacinus moorii which is found in the Upper Paraguay River basin in Bolivia and Brazil. The specific name honours the English botanist Spencer Moore who collected the holotype.
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Astyanacinus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.