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Astyanax fasciatus (Cuvier, 1819)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Cuvier, Georges. 1819. Sur les poissons du sous-genre Hydrocyon, sur deux nouvelles espèces de Chalceus, sur trois nouvelles espèces du Serrasalmes, et sur l’Argentina glossodonta de Forskahl, qui est l’Albula gonorhynchus de Bloch. Mémoires du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Série A, Zoologie 5: 351-379.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Characiformes
family
Characidae
genus
Astyanax
species
Astyanax fasciatus

Name

Synonyms
Astianax fasciatus (Cuvier, 1819)
Astyanax aeneus costaricensis Meek, 1914
Astyanax albeolus Eigenmann, 1908
Astyanax belizianus (Bocourt, 1868)
Astyanax carolinae Gill, 1870
Astyanax fasciatus fasciatus
Astyanax fasciatus orteguasae Fowler, 1943
Astyanax fasciatus viejita (Valenciennes, 1850)
Astyanax finitimus (Bocourt, 1868)
Astyanax grandis Meek & Hildebrand, 1912
Astyanax hanstroemi Dahl, 1943
Astyanax heterurus Eigenmann & Wilson, 1914
Astyanax orstedii (Lütken, 1875)
Astyanax panamensis (Günther, 1864)
Astyanax regani Meek, 1909
Astyanax rutilus (Jenyns, 1842)
Astyanax viejita (Valenciennes, 1850)
Chalceus fasciatus Cuvier, 1819
Psalidodon fasciatus (Cuvier, 1819)
Psalidodon rutilus (Jenyns, 1842)
Homonyms
Astyanax fasciatus (Cuvier, 1819)
Common names
Mexican tetra in English
banded astyanax in language.
banded astyanax in English

Bibliographic References

  1. DoNascimiento, C., Herrera Collazos, E., & Maldonado-Ocampo, J. (2018). Lista de especies de peces de agua dulce de Colombia. Asociación Colombiana de Ictiólgos. Disponible en http://doi.org/10.15472/numrso
  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. 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.
  5. 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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