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Chalceus macrolepidotus Cuvier, 1818

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Cuvier, G. (1818). Sur les poissons du sous-genre Mylètes. <em>Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> v. 4: 444-456, Pls. 21-22.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Characiformes
family
Characidae
genus
Chalceus
species
Chalceus macrolepidotus

Name

Synonyms
Brycon macrolepidotus (Cuvier, 1818)
Chalceus ararapeera Valenciennes, 1850
Creagrutus pellegrini Puyo, 1943
Myletes macrolepidotus Cuvier, 1818
Homonyms
Chalceus macrolepidotus Cuvier, 1818
Common names
Alalupila in language.
Alampia in language.
Alampia in language.
Arari in Portuguese
Arari-pirá in Portuguese
Araripira, Arari in language.
Douanier caca, Douanier, Dwanié, Dwaniékaka in language.
Kalala in language.
Kąsacz różowoogonowy in Polish
Pila tepɨ’o in language.
Pink-tailed Chalceus in English
Pinktail Chalceus in English
Pinktail chalceus, Pinktailed characin, Pink-tailed chalceus in English
Queue rouge, Chalceus à grandes écailles in French
Rødfinnet glanstetra in Danish
Tetra-gigante-de-cauda-rosa in Portuguese
chalceus velkošupinný in Czech
pinktailed characin in English
pinktailed characin in English
pinktailed characin in language.
Крупночешуйный халцеус in Russian
ピンクテールカラシン in Japanese
Pinktail Chalceus in English
Arari in Portuguese

Bibliographic References

  1. Correa, S.B. 2003. Icthyofauna of lago Taraira, lower rio Apaporis system, Colombian Amazon. Dahlia 6: 59-68. | Cala, P. 1977. Los peces de la Orinoquía colombiana, Lista preliminar anotada. Lozanía (Acta Zoológica Colombiana) 24: 1-21.
  2. Cuvier, G. (1818). Sur les poissons du sous-genre Mylètes. <em>Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> v. 4: 444-456, Pls. 21-22.
  3. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  4. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  5. 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.
  6. 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
  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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