Phalloceros buckupi, the Jacareí toothcarp, is a species of poeciliid fish native to Brazil. [2]
| Phalloceros buckupi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Poeciliidae |
| Genus: | Phalloceros |
| Species: | P. buckupi |
| Binomial name | |
| Phalloceros buckupi Lucinda, 2008 | |
Distribution
editPhalloceros buckupi is found in the Rio Jacareí drainage and neighbouring, which flows into the Baía de Paranaguá in Paraná, Brazil.[3]
Size
editThe females of this species grow to a total length of 3.3 centimetres (1.3 in), while males remain smaller at 2.0 centimetres (0.79 in). .[3]
Habitat
editThe fish live in tropical freshwater; and are benthopelagic.[3]
Etymology
editThe fish is named in honor of Paulo A. Buckup (b. 1959), the collector of the most specimens of this species, and for his many contributions to neotropical ichthyology. [4]
References
edit- ↑ Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ICMBio) (2023). "Phalloceros buckupi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2023 e.T186555A1814882. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T186555A1814882.pt. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
- ↑ Lucinda, P.H.F. (2008). "Systematics and biogeography of the genus Phalloceros Eigenmann, 1907 (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae), with the description of twenty-one new species". Neotrop. Ichthyol. 6 (2): 113–158. doi:10.1590/S1679-62252008000200001.
- 1 2 3 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Phalloceros buckupi". FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families POECILIIDAE, ANABLEPIDAE, VALENCIIDAE, APHANIIDAE and PROCATOPODIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 8 February 2025.