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Brycon  Müller and Troschel, 1844
Taxonomic Serial No.: 162904

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2004   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons ŕ nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderOstariophysi   
                            OrderCharaciformes  – piranhas, leporins, piranhas  
                               FamilyCharacidae  incertae sedis – American characins, characins, tetras, carácidos, characins, charicidés, tétras  
                                  GenusBrycon Müller and Troschel, 1844  
    Direct Children:  
                                     SpeciesBrycon alburnus (Günther, 1860)  
                                     SpeciesBrycon amazonicus (Spix and Agassiz, 1829)  
                                     SpeciesBrycon argenteus Meek and Hildebrand, 1913  
                                     SpeciesBrycon atrocaudatus (Kner, 1863)  
                                     SpeciesBrycon behreae Hildebrand, 1938  
                                     SpeciesBrycon bicolor Pellegrin, 1909  
                                     SpeciesBrycon brevicauda Günther, 1864  
                                     SpeciesBrycon cephalus (Günther, 1869)  
                                     SpeciesBrycon chagrensis (Kner, 1863)  
                                     SpeciesBrycon coquenani Steindachner, 1915  
                                     SpeciesBrycon coxeyi Fowler, 1943  
                                     SpeciesBrycon dentex Günther, 1860  
                                     SpeciesBrycon devillei (Castelnau, 1855)  
                                     SpeciesBrycon falcatus Müller and Troschel, 1844 – nipon 
                                     SpeciesBrycon ferox Steindachner, 1877  
                                     SpeciesBrycon fowleri Dahl, 1955  
                                     SpeciesBrycon guatemalensis Regan, 1908 – macabi tetra, sardinita macabí 
                                     SpeciesBrycon henni Eigenmann, 1913  
                                     SpeciesBrycon hilarii (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1850)  
                                     SpeciesBrycon insignis Steindachner, 1877  
                                     SpeciesBrycon labiatus Steindachner, 1879  
                                     SpeciesBrycon medemi Dahl, 1960  
                                     SpeciesBrycon meeki Eigenmann and Hildebrand in Eigenmann, 1918  
                                     SpeciesBrycon melanopterus (Cope, 1872)  
                                     SpeciesBrycon moorei Steindachner, 1878  
                                     SpeciesBrycon nattereri Günther, 1864  
                                     SpeciesBrycon obscurus Hildebrand, 1938  
                                     SpeciesBrycon oligolepis Regan, 1913  
                                     SpeciesBrycon opalinus (Cuvier, 1819)  
                                     SpeciesBrycon orbignyanus (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1850)  
                                     SpeciesBrycon orthotaenia Günther, 1864  
                                     SpeciesBrycon pesu Müller and Troschel, 1845  
                                     SpeciesBrycon petrosus Meek and Hildebrand, 1913  
                                     SpeciesBrycon polylepis Mosco Morales, 1988  
                                     SpeciesBrycon posadae Fowler, 1945  
                                     SpeciesBrycon rubricauda Steindachner, 1879  
                                     SpeciesBrycon sinuensis Dahl, 1955  
                                     SpeciesBrycon stolzmanni Steindachner, 1879  
                                     SpeciesBrycon striatulus (Kner, 1863)  
                                     SpeciesBrycon unicolor Mosco Morales, 1988  
                                     SpeciesBrycon vermelha Lima and Castro, 2000  
                                     SpeciesBrycon whitei Myers and Weitzman, 1960  
       

 References
       
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  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 13-May-2004, website (version 10-May-04)  
  Acquired: 2004   
  Notes: http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/   
  Reference for: Brycon   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Brycon   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Eschmeyer, William N., ed.   
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Catalog of Fishes   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3   
  Page(s): 2905   
  Publisher: California Academy of Sciences   
  Publication Place: San Francisco, California, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-940228-47-5   
  Notes: Available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/25622932   
  Reference for: Brycon   
       

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