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Issue: Vol. 5692 No. 3: 15 Sept. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-09-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5692.3.10
Page range: 585-593
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Bryconamericus macrophthalmus Román-Valencia, 2003, a senior synonym of Knodus tiquiensis Ferreira & Lima, 2006 (Characiformes: Stevardiidae), and its reassignment to the genus Knodus Eigenmann, 1918

Laboratório de Ictiologia da Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso; Instituto de Biociências; Depto de Biologia e Zoologia; Av. Fernando Corrêa da Costa nº 2367; Boa Esperança; 78060-900; Cuiabá; Mato Grosso; Brazil
Museu de Diversidade Biológica; Instituto de Biologia; Universidade Estadual de Campinas; Rua Monteiro Lobato; 255; 13083-862; Campinas; São Paulo; Brazil
Pisces taxonomy rheophyly new combination rio Negro río Vaupés

Abstract

The examination of the holotype and part of the paratypes of Bryconamericus macrophthalmus Román-Valencia, 2003, along with additional specimens collected throughout the upper rio Negro basin in Brazil and Colombia, demonstrates that this species is a senior synonym of Knodus tiquiensis Ferreira & Lima, 2006, originally described from the upper rio Tiquié, a tributary of the rio Uaupés, upper rio Negro basin, Brazil. Bryconamericus macrophthalmus is transferred to the genus Knodus, and its distribution range is updated.

 

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How to Cite

Ferreira, K.M. & Lima, F.C.T. (2025) Bryconamericus macrophthalmus Román-Valencia, 2003, a senior synonym of Knodus tiquiensis Ferreira & Lima, 2006 (Characiformes: Stevardiidae), and its reassignment to the genus Knodus Eigenmann, 1918. Zootaxa, 5692 (3), 585–593. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5692.3.10