Eretmobrycon

Eretmobrycon
Eretmobrycon scleroparius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Characiformes
Family: Stevardiidae
Subfamily: Landoninae
Genus: Eretmobrycon
W. L. Fink, 1976
Type species
Eretmobrycon bayano
W. L. Fink, 1976

Eretmobrycon is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Stevardiidae. The fishes in this genus are found in Central and South America.

Etymology

Eretmón (Gr. ἐρετμόν) means "oar" or "paddle", referring to the paddle-like lower caudal-fin lobe of E. bayano. "Brycon" is a generalized term used in generic names of many characiform fishes, derived from brýchō (Gr. βρύχω), meaning to "bite", "gnash teeth" or "eat greedily", originally an allusion to a fully toothed maxillae.

Species

Eretmobrycon contains the following valid species:

References

  1. 1 2 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Landoninae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  2. ↑ Thomaz, A.T.; Arcila, D.; Ortí, G.; Malabarba, L.R. (2015). "Molecular phylogeny of the subfamily Stevardiinae Gill, 1858 (Characiformes: Characidae): classification and the evolution of reproductive traits". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 2015 (15): 146. Bibcode:2015BMCEE..15..146T. doi:10.1186/s12862-015-0403-4. PMC 4509481. PMID 26195030.
  3. ↑ Christopher Scharpf (17 July 2025). "Family STEVARDIIDAE Gill 1858 (Stevardiids)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  4. ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Eretmobrycon". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 30 August 2025.