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Exodon paradoxus 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
Characidae
genus
Exodon
species
Exodon paradoxus

Name

Synonyms
Epicyrtus exodon Valenciennes, 1850
Epicyrtus paradoxus (Müller & Troschel, 1844)
Hystricodon paradoxus (Müller & Troschel, 1845)
Homonyms
Exodon paradoxus Müller & Troschel, 1844
Common names
Bucktooth Tetra in English
Miguelinho in Portuguese
Miguelzinho in Portuguese
Zweitupfen-Raubsalmler in German
bucktoothed tetra in English
bucktoothed tetra in language.
bucktoothed tetra in English
tetra exodon in Czech
Причудливый экзодон in Russian
Удивительный эксодон in Russian
Экзодон in Russian
ปลาเอ็กโซดอน in Thai
Miguelinho in Portuguese

Bibliographic References

  1. Cala, P. 1977. Los peces de la Orinoquía colombiana, Lista preliminar anotada. Lozanía (Acta Zoológica Colombiana) 24: 1-21.
  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. 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).
  6. Riehl, R., and H. A. Baensch, 1989: null. Aquarium Atlas. 992.
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