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Moenkhausia pittieri Eigenmann, 1920

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Eigenmann, C. H. (1920). The fishes of Lake Valencia, Caracas, and of the Rio Tuy at El Concejo, Venezuela. <em>(Contrib. Zool. Lab. Ind. Univ. No. 170). Indiana University Studies.</em> 7 (no. 44): 1-13, Pls. 1-3.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Characiformes
family
Characidae
genus
Moenkhausia
species
Moenkhausia pittieri

Name

Synonyms
Opisthanodus haerteli Ahl, 1935
Homonyms
Moenkhausia pittieri Eigenmann, 1920
Common names
Diamond Tetra in English
Gyémántlazac in Hungarian
Pittier's tetra in English
Pittier's tetra in English
błyszczyk brylantowy in Polish
diamond characin in English
diamond characin in language.
diamond characin in English
Diamond Tetra in English
Diamond Characin in English
Pittier's Tetra in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Eigenmann, C. H. (1920). The fishes of Lake Valencia, Caracas, and of the Rio Tuy at El Concejo, Venezuela. <em>(Contrib. Zool. Lab. Ind. Univ. No. 170). Indiana University Studies.</em> 7 (no. 44): 1-13, Pls. 1-3.
  2. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  3. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  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. Riehl, R., and H. A. Baensch, 1989: null. Aquarium Atlas. 992.
  6. Shiino, Sueo M., 1976: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. 262.
  7. Weitzman, Stanley H., and Lisa Palmer, 1997: A new species of Hyphessobrycon (Teleostei: Characidae) from the Neblina region of Venezuela and Brazil, with comments on the putative 'rosy tetra clade'. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwater, vol. 7, no. 3. 193-202.
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