Tometes makue Jégu, Santos & Belmont-Jégu, 2002
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
- Tometes makue Jégu, Santos & Belmont-Jégu, 2002
- Name authority
- Jégu, Santos & Belmont-Jégu, 2002
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Characiformes
- Family
- Serrasalmidae
- Genus
- Tometes
- 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
- familySerrasalmidae Bleeker, 1859
- subfamilyMyleinae Eigenmann, 1903
- genusTometes Valenciennes, 1850
- speciesTometes makue Jégu, Santos & Belmont-Jégu, 2002
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Tometes. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Tometes camunani Andrade, Giarrizzo & Jégu, 2013 | SerrasalmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tometes kranponhah Andrade, Jégu & Giarrizzo, 2016 | SerrasalmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tometes lebaili Jégu, Keith & Belmont-Jégu, 2002 | SerrasalmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tometes ancylorhynchus Andrade, Jégu & Giarrizzo, 2016 | SerrasalmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tometes siderocarajensis Andrade, Machado, Jégu, Farias & Giarrizzo, 2017 | SerrasalmidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tometes trilobatus Valenciennes, 1850 | SerrasalmidaeChordata | 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.
- Jégu, M., dos Santos, G. M., & Belmont-Jégu, E. (2002). Tometes makue n. sp. (Characidae: Serrasalminae), une nouvelle espèce du bouclier guyanais décrite des bassins du Rio Negro (Brésil) et de l’Orénoque (Venezuela). Cybium, 26. https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae:2002002 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:57CW6. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.