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Hyphessobrycon diancistrus Weitzman, 1977

Source-backed taxonomic record

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
Hyphessobrycon diancistrus Weitzman, 1977
Name authority
Weitzman, 1977
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Characiformes
Family
Acestrorhamphidae
Genus
Hyphessobrycon
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.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. gigaclassActinopterygii
  8. superclassActinopteri
  9. classTeleostei
  10. orderCharaciformes
  11. suborderCharacoidei
  12. familyAcestrorhamphidae Eigenmann, 1907
  13. subfamilyHyphessobryconinae Lima, Carvalho & Faria, 2024
  14. genusHyphessobrycon Durbin, 1908
  15. speciesHyphessobrycon diancistrus Weitzman, 1977

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Hyphessobrycon. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Hyphessobrycon acaciae García-Alzate, Román-Valencia & Prada-Pedreros, 2010AcestrorhamphidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Hyphessobrycon amandae Géry & Uj, 1987AcestrorhamphidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Hyphessobrycon amapaensis Zarske & Géry, 1998AcestrorhamphidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Hyphessobrycon auca Almirón, Casciotta, Bechara & Ruíz Díaz, 2004AcestrorhamphidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Hyphessobrycon bifasciatus Ellis, 1911AcestrorhamphidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Hyphessobrycon boulengeri (Eigenmann, 1907)AcestrorhamphidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Hyphessobrycon cachimbensis Travassos, 1964AcestrorhamphidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Hyphessobrycon catableptus (Durbin, 1909)AcestrorhamphidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Hyphessobrycon chocoensis García-Alzate, Román-Valencia & Taphorn, 2013AcestrorhamphidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Hyphessobrycon clavatus Zarske, 2015AcestrorhamphidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Hyphessobrycon coelestinus Myers, 1929AcestrorhamphidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Hyphessobrycon columbianus Zarske & Géry, 2002AcestrorhamphidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

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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.

  1. Weitzman, S. H. (1977). A new species of characoid fish, Hyphessobrycon diancistrus, from the Rio Vichada, Orinoco River drainage, Colombia, South America (Teleostei: Characidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 90 (2): 348–357. 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:3NRWT. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.