Biology:Psellogrammus

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Psellogrammus
Psellogrammus kennedyi illustration (1917).jpg
1917 figure from book 'The American Characidae'
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Characidae
Genus: Psellogrammus
C. H. Eigenmann, 1908
Species:
P. kennedyi
Binomial name
Psellogrammus kennedyi
(C. H. Eigenmann, 1903)

Psellogrammus is a genus of freshwater fish in the family Characidae. It contains the single species Psellogrammus kennedyi, which occurs in Argentina , Brazil , and Paraguay. It is found in the Paraguay and São Francisco River basins.

The fish is named in honor of Clarence Hamilton Kennedy (1879-1952), Eigenmann’s student, later a renowned entomologist, who co-authored work on Paraguayan fishes in which appeared this description.[1]

References

  1. "Order CHARACIFORMES: Family CHARACIDAE: Subfamily STETHAPRIONINAE (h-t)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/characiformes5/. 

Wikidata ☰ Q19757842 entry