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Mystacoleucus atridorsalis Fowler, 1937

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
Mystacoleucus atridorsalis Fowler, 1937
Name authority
Fowler, 1937
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Cypriniformes
Family
Cyprinidae
Genus
Mystacoleucus
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. orderCypriniformes
  11. familyCyprinidae Rafinesque, 1815
  12. genusMystacoleucus Günther, 1868
  13. speciesMystacoleucus atridorsalis Fowler, 1937

Close classified relatives

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

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Mystacoleucus chilopterus Fowler, 1935CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Mystacoleucus ectypus Kottelat, 2000CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Mystacoleucus padangensis (Bleeker, 1852)CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Mystacoleucus argenteus (Day, 1888)CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Mystacoleucus greenwayi Pellegrin & Fang, 1940CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Mystacoleucus lepturus Huang, 1979CyprinidaeChordataAccepted 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. Fowler, H. W. (1937). Zoological results of the third De Schauensee Siamese Expedition. Part VIII,--Fishes obtained in 1936. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 89: 125–264. 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:45FKX. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.