Dinotopterygium
| Dinotopterygium | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Acestrorhamphidae |
| Subfamily: | Hyphessobryconinae |
| Genus: | Dinotopterygium Frainer, Carvalho, Bertaco & Malabarba, 2021[1] |
| Type species | |
| Dinotopterygium uniodon Frainer, Carvalho, Bertaco & Malabarba, 2021[2]
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Dinotopterygium is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American characins.[1] The fishes in this genus were described in 2021 from specimens held in museums. The type localities of both species were in Goias in the Rio Paranã drainage.[2]
Species
Dinotopterygium contains the following valid species:[3]
- Dinotopterygium diodon Frainer, Carvalho, Bertaco & Malabarba, 2021
- Dinotopterygium uniodon Frainer, Carvalho, Bertaco & Malabarba, 2021
References
- ^ a b Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Hyphessobryconinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
- ^ a b Frainer, G.; Carvalho, F. R.; Bertaco, V. A. & Malabarba, L. R. (2021). "Museum specimens reveal a rare new characid fish genus, helping to refine the interrelationships of the Probolodini (Characidae: Stethaprioninae)". Systematics and Biodiversity. 19 (8): 1135–1148. doi:10.1080/14772000.2021.1986167.(subscription required)
- ^ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Dinotopterygium". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 28 October 2025.