Cheirodon kiliani Campos, 1982
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
Cheirodon kiliani is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a characin, belonging to the family Characidae. This species is endemic to Chile.
This species was first formally described in 1982 by the Chilean limnologist and ichthyologist Hugo Hernes Campos Cereceda with its type locality given as the Río Cau Cau in Chile. Campos named this species in honour of his teacher, the German biologist Ernst Kilian, the founding director of Instituto de Zoología, Austral University of Chile, Chile.
Wikipedia contributors, Cheirodon kiliani; 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
- Cheirodon kiliani Campos, 1982
- Name authority
- Campos, 1982
- 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 kiliani Campos, 1982
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 pisciculus Girard, 1855 | CharacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| 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 australe Eigenmann, 1928 | CharacidaeChordata | 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.
- Campos, H. (1982). Sistemática del género Cheirodon (Pisces: Characidae) en Chile con descripción de una nueva especie. Análisis de Multivarianza. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, 17 (2–3): 129–162. https://doi.org/10.1080/01650528209360606 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:5Y3MJ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.