Brycon insignis

Brycon insignis, the Tiete tetra, is a species of fish in the family Characidae. It is endemic to the Paraíba do Sul River basin in southeast Brazil.[1] B. insignis migrates upstream to spawn and has traditionally been important to fisheries,[2] but it is now a threatened species.[3]

Brycon insignis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Characidae
Genus: Brycon
Species:
B. insignis
Binomial name
Brycon insignis
Synonyms

Catabasis acuminatus
Eigenmann & Norris, 1900
Brycon acuminatus
(Eigenmann & Norris, 1900)

Some authorities recognize B. acuminatus as a separate, possibly extinct species,[4] but recent authorities treat it as a synonym of B. insignis.[5][6]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). "Brycon insignis" in FishBase. February 2017 version.
  2. Viveiros, Isaú, Caneppele, and Leal (2012). Sperm cryopreservation affects postthaw motility, but not embryogenesis or larval growth in the Brazilian fish Brycon insignis (Characiformes). Theriogenology 78(4): 803–810.
  3. Isaú, Rizzo, Amaral, Mourad, and Viveiros (2013). Structural analysis of oocytes, post-fertilization events and embryonic development of the Brazilian endangered teleost Brycon insignis (Characiformes). Zygote 21(1): 85—94.
  4. World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Brycon acuminatus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 4 August 2007.
  5. Lima, F.C.T. (2017). A revision of the cis-andean species of the genus Brycon Müller & Troschel (Characiformes: Characidae). Zootaxa 4222 (1): 1-189.
  6. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). "Brycon acuminatus" in FishBase. February 2017 version.
  • "Brycon insignis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 18 January 2009.


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