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Prochilodus nigricans Spix & Agassiz, 1829

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Spix, J. B.; von; Agassiz, L. (1829-1831). Selecta genera et species piscium quos in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX : jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae regis augustissimi peracto. <em>Monachii.</em> Part 1: i-xvi + i-ii + 1-6 + 1-82, Pls. 1-48, Part 2: 83-138, Pls. 49-101. [Part 1 published June 1829, part 2 Jan. 1831.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Characiformes
family
Prochilodontidae
genus
Prochilodus
species
Prochilodus nigricans

Name

Synonyms
Curimatus tigris Fowler, 1913
Prochilodus beni Pearson, 1924
Prochilodus caudifasciatus Starks, 1906
Prochilodus cephalotes Cope, 1878
Prochilodus labeo Loubens, Lauzanne & Géry, 1991
Prochilodus ortonianus Cope, 1878
Prochilodus tigris (Fowler, 1913)
Homonyms
Prochilodus nigricans Spix & Agassiz, 1829
Common names
Black Prochilodus in English
Bocachico in Spanish
Boquichico in Spanish
Curimatá in Portuguese
Curimatá, Corimbatá, Grumatã in Portuguese
Tukunari in Quechua
prochilodus načernalý in Czech
ปลาอินซีเน็ตดำ in Thai
Black Prochilodus in English
Bocachico in Spanish
Boquichico in Spanish
Curimatá in Portuguese

Bibliographic References

  1. Fowler, H. W. 1943. A collection of fresh-water fishes from Colombia, obtained chiefly by Brother Nicéforo Maria. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 95: 223-266.
  2. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  3. Galvis, G., Sánchez-Duarte, P., Mesa-Salazar, L., López-Pinto, Y., Gutiérrez-E, M., Gutiérrez-Cortéz, Á., Castaño, M., Castellanos, C. 2007. Peces de la Amazonía colombiana con énfasis en especies de interés ornamental. Incoder, 489p.
  4. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  5. Maldonado-Ocampo, J. A., R. P. Vari y J. S. Usma. (2008). Checklist of the freshwater fishes of Colombia. Biota Colombiana 9 (2): 143-237.
  6. Spix, J. B.; von; Agassiz, L. (1829-1831). Selecta genera et species piscium quos in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX : jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae regis augustissimi peracto. <em>Monachii.</em> Part 1: i-xvi + i-ii + 1-6 + 1-82, Pls. 1-48, Part 2: 83-138, Pls. 49-101. [Part 1 published June 1829, part 2 Jan. 1831.
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