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Astyanax bimaculatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Linnæus, Carolus. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. Vol. Tomus I, Editio decima, reformata: i-ii, 1-824.

Classification

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

Name

Synonyms
Astianax bimaculatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Astyanax bimaculatus borealis Eigenmann, 1908
Astyanax bimaculatus incaicus Tortonese, 1942
Astyanax fasciatus bimaculatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Poecilurichthys brevoortii Gill, 1858
Salmo bimaculatus Linnaeus, 1758
Tetragonopterus bahiensis Steindachner, 1877
Tetragonopterus bartlettii Günther, 1866
Tetragonopterus gronovii Valenciennes, 1850
Tetragonopterus linnaei Valenciennes, 1850
Tetragonopterus maculatus Müller & Troschel, 1845
Tetragonopterus orientalis Cope, 1870
Tetragonopterus vittatus Castelnau, 1855
Tetragonopterus wappi Valenciennes, 1850
Homonyms
Astyanax bimaculatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common names
Astyanax biponctué in French
Astyanax biponctué in French
Lambari in Portuguese
Lambari, Piaba-chata, Piabacrioula in language.
Lambari-de-duas-pintas in Portuguese
Mulok in language.
Pikili in language.
Pikin siba in language.
Pikɨ takapeãsi in language.
Sriba, Weti fisi in language.
Two spot astyanax in English
tetra dvojskvrnná in Czech
twospot astyanax in English
twospot astyanax in language.
twospot astyanax in English
Двухпятнистый астианакс in Russian
Точечный астианакс in Russian

Bibliographic References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  2. Fowler, H. W. 1943. A collection of fresh-water fishes from Colombia, obtained chiefly by Brother Nicéforo Maria. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 95: 223-266. | Maldonado-Ocampo, J. A., J.S. Usma, F.A. Villa-Navarro, A. Ortega-Lara, S. Prada-Pedreros, L.F. Jiménez, U. Jaramillo-Villa, A. Arango, T. Rivas & G.C. Sánchez. 2013. Peces Dulceacuícolas del Chocó Biogeográfico de Colombia. WWF Colombia, Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH), Universidad del Tolima, Autoridad Nacional de Acuicultura y Pesca (AUNAP), Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Bogotá D.C. Colombia. 400 pp. | Steindachner, F. 1879. Zur Fisch-Fauna des Magdalenen-Stromes. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 39: 19-78.
  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. 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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