Brycinus imberi
| Taxonavigation: Characiformes |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Name
Brycinus imberi (Peters, 1852)
- Lectotype: ZMB 3574.
- Lectotype designated by Seegers, 1996
- Paralectotypes: BMNH 1861.3.10.1-2 (2); ZMB 3575 (5), 23588 [ex ZMB 16122] (1), 32374 [ex ZMB 3574] (1).
Type locality: Zambezi River, Mozambique.
Etymology: etymology not explained, presumably from imberi or mberi, local name for this species in central and southeast Africa.
Synonyms
- Alestes imberi Peters, 1852
- Brachyalestes imberi (Peters, 1852)
- Alestes fuchsii Boulenger, 1899
- Alestes lemairii Boulenger, 1899
- Alestes bequaerti Boulenger, 1920
- Alestes curtus Boulenger, 1920
- Alestes fuchsii var. taeniata Pellegrin, 1903
References
- Decru, E., Vreven, E., Sadio, O. & Snoeks, J. 2016. Brycinus epuluensis, a new species from the Epulu River (Congo basin), Africa (Teleostei: Alestidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 27(1): 49–60. Abstract (PDF). Reference page.
- Peters, W.C.H. 1852. Diagnosen von neuen Flussfischen aus Mossambique. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1852: 275–276, 681–685. Reference page.
- Seegers, L. 1996. The fishes of the Lake Rukwa drainage. Annales, Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Série in 80, Sciences Zoologiques 278: 1–407. Reference page.
Links
- Brycinus imberi in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2025. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
- Brycinus imberi in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2025. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.