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Brycon falcatus Müller & Troschel, 1844

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Müller, J.; Troschel , F. H. (1844). Synopsis generum et specierum familiae Characinorum. (Prodromus descriptionis novorum generum et specierum). <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 10 (pt 1): 81-99 + foldout table (opposite p. 99).

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Characiformes
family
Bryconidae
genus
Brycon
species
Brycon falcatus

Name

Synonyms
Brycon brevicauda Günther, 1864
Brycon matrinchao Fowler, 1941
Brycon schomburgkii Müller & Troschel, 1844
Brycon stubelii Steindachner, 1882
Brycon stuebelii Steindachner, 1882
Homonyms
Brycon falcatus Müller & Troschel, 1844
Common names
Blacktail Brycon in English
Maloko in language.
Matrinchã in Portuguese
Matrinxão, Mamuri, Piabanha in language.
Mbooko in language.
Moloko in language.
Moloko blanc in French
Moloko-blan in language.
Moroko in Spanish
Mulokoimë in language.
Nipon in English
Nipon in English
Piabanha in Portuguese
Sábalo in Spanish
brykon krátkoocasý in Czech
nipon in language.
Matrinchã in Portuguese
Moloko blanc in French
Moroko in Spanish
Piabanha in Portuguese
Sábalo in Spanish

Bibliographic References

  1. Bogotá-Gregory, J. D., & Maldonado-Ocampo, J. A. 2006. Peces de la zona hidrogeográfica de la Amazonia, Colombia. Biota Colombiana 7 (1): 55-94. | Maldonado-Ocampo, J. A., M. Lugo, J.D. Bogotá-Gregory, C.A. Lasso, L. Vásquez, J.S, Usma, D.C. Taphorn, F. Provenzano Rizzi. 2006. Peces del río Tomo, cuenca del Orinoco, Colombia. Biota colombiana 7 (1): 113-128.
  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. 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. Müller, J.; Troschel , F. H. (1844). Synopsis generum et specierum familiae Characinorum. (Prodromus descriptionis novorum generum et specierum). <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 10 (pt 1): 81-99 + foldout table (opposite p. 99).
  7. 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.
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