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.[2] B. insignis migrates upstream to spawn and has traditionally been important to fisheries,[3] but it is now a threatened species.[4]
| Brycon insignis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Characidae |
| Genus: | Brycon |
| Species: | B. insignis
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| Binomial name | |
| Brycon insignis Steindachner, 1877
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| Synonyms | |
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Catabasis acuminatus | |
Some authorities recognize B. acuminatus as a separate, possibly extinct species,[5] but recent authorities treat it as a synonym of B. insignis.[6][7]
References
edit- ^ Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade; et al. (ICMBio) (2021). "Brycon insignis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T186847A1819274. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T186847A1819274.pt. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Brycon insignis". FishBase. February 2017 version.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Brycon acuminatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T39292A10175939. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T39292A10175939.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Brycon acuminatus". FishBase. February 2017 version.
Further reading
edit- "Brycon insignis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 18 January 2009.
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