Cheirodon pisciculus Girard, 1855
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
- Cheirodon pisciculus Girard, 1855
- Name authority
- Girard, 1855
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Characiformes
- Family
- Characidae
- Genus
- Cheirodon
- 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
- familyCharacidae Latreille, 1825
- subfamilyCheirodontinae Eigenmann, 1915
- genusCheirodon Girard, 1855
- speciesCheirodon pisciculus Girard, 1855
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Cheirodon. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Cheirodon jaguaribensis Fowler, 1941 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cheirodon luelingi Géry, 1964 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cheirodon ibicuhiensis Eigenmann, 1915 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cheirodon galusdae Eigenmann, 1928 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cheirodon parahybae Eigenmann, 1915 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cheirodon kiliani Campos, 1982 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cheirodon australe Eigenmann, 1928 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Cheirodon annae McAtee, 1903 McAtee, 1903 | synonym |
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.
- Girard, C. F. (1855). Abstract of a report to Lieut. Jas. M. Gilliss, U. S. N., upon the fishes collected during the U. S. N. Astronomical Expedition to Chili. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, v. 7: 197–199. 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:5XRMH. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.