Hasemania melanura Ellis, 1911
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Hasemania melanura Ellis, 1911
- Name authority
- Ellis, 1911
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Characiformes
- Family
- Acestrorhamphidae
- Genus
- Hasemania
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderCharaciformes
- suborderCharacoidei
- familyAcestrorhamphidae Eigenmann, 1907
- subfamilyStichonodontinae Eigenmann, 1910
- genusHasemania Ellis, 1911
- speciesHasemania melanura Ellis, 1911
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Hasemania. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Hasemania crenuchoides Zarske & Géry, 1999 | AcestrorhamphidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hasemania hanseni (Fowler, 1949) | AcestrorhamphidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hasemania nambiquara Bertaco & Malabarba, 2007 | AcestrorhamphidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hasemania piatan Zanata & Serra, 2010 | AcestrorhamphidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hasemania maxillaris Ellis, 1911 | AcestrorhamphidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hasemania nana (Lütken, 1875) | AcestrorhamphidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hasemania uberaba Serra & Langeani, 2015 | AcestrorhamphidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Ellis, M. D. (1911). On the species of Hasemania, Hyphessobrycon, and Hemigrammus collected by J. D. Haseman for the Carnegie Museum. Annals of the Carnegie Museum, v. 8 (no. 1, art. 2): 148–163, Pls. 1–3. https://doi.org/10.5962/p.14706 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3JVKX. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.