Cheirodontops geayi Schultz, 1944
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.
Open encyclopedia reference
Cheirodontops is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Characidae. The only species in this genus is Cheirodontops geayi, a characin, which is endemic to the basin of the Orinoco in Colombia and Venezuela. This small fish has a fusiform body shape and attains a maximum standard length of 4.0 cm (1.6 in). The genus name, Cheirodontops, suffixes the genus name Cheirodon with ops, which means "eye" or "face" and is an allusion to the similarity of this taxon to other fishes in the subfamily Cheirodontinae, although this species has a complete lateral line. The specific name, geayi, honours the French pharmacist and naturalist Martin François Geay who wrote a book on the fishes of the Orinoco, "Pêches dans les Affluentes de l'Orinoque", published in 1896–1897.
Wikipedia contributors, Cheirodontops; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T19:18:04.593077+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Cheirodontops geayi Schultz, 1944
- Name authority
- Schultz, 1944
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Characiformes
- Family
- Characidae
- Genus
- Cheirodontops
- 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
- genusCheirodontops Schultz, 1944
- speciesCheirodontops geayi Schultz, 1944
Close classified relatives
No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.
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.
- Schultz, L. P. (1944). The fishes of the family Characinidae from Venezuela, with descriptions of seventeen new forms. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 95. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.95-3181.235 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:5XRNQ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.