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Chilodus punctatus 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
Chilodontidae
genus
Chilodus
species
Chilodus punctatus

Name

Synonyms
Chaenotropus punctatus (Müller & Troschel, 1844)
Homonyms
Chilodus punctatus Müller & Troschel, 1844
Common names
Cabeça para baixo in Portuguese
Cabeça-para-baixo in Portuguese
Mojara in Spanish
Quilodos in Portuguese
Sardina in Spanish
Stojaczek punktowany in Polish
hlavostojka tečkovaná in Czech
pearl headstander in English
spotted headstander in English
spotted headstander in English
spotted headstander in language.
Пятнистый хилод in Russian
Spotted Headstander in English
Cabeça para baixo in Portuguese
Mojara in Spanish
Quilodos in Portuguese
Sardina in Spanish

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. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  3. 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.
  4. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 1150 Chilodus Mtjller &. Troschel, 1844, and Caenotropus Guenther. 1864 (Pisces) placed on the Official List.Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 37, 72-74 (1980)
  5. 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
  6. Mojica, J. I., G. Galvis, F. Arbeláez, M. Santos, S. Vejarano, E. Prieto-Piraquive, M. Arce, P. Sánchez-Duarte, C. Castellanos, A. Gutiérrez, S.R. Duque, J. Lobón-Cerviá & C. Granado-Lorencio. 2005. Peces de la cuenca del río Amazonas en Colombia: Región de Leticia. Biota Colombiana 6 (2): 191-210. | Cala, P. 1977. Los peces de la Orinoquía colombiana, Lista preliminar anotada. Lozanía (Acta Zoológica Colombiana) 24: 1-21.
  7. 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).
  8. 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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