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Eretmobrycon bayano Fink, 1976

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.

Open encyclopedia reference

Eretmobrycon bayano is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Stevardiidae. It was first described by William Lee Fink in 1976. This species is native to the Upper Bayano River basin in Central America.

Wikipedia contributors, Eretmobrycon bayano; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T22:29:07.790437+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Eretmobrycon bayano Fink, 1976
Name authority
Fink, 1976
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Characiformes
Family
Stevardiidae
Genus
Eretmobrycon
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. orderCharaciformes
  11. suborderCharacoidei
  12. familyStevardiidae Gill, 1858
  13. subfamilyLandoninae Weitzman & Menezes, 1998
  14. genusEretmobrycon Fink, 1976
  15. speciesEretmobrycon bayano Fink, 1976

Close classified relatives

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

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Eretmobrycon festae (Boulenger, 1898)StevardiidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 236 records assigned to Stevardiidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Bryconamericus bayano (Fink, 1976) (Fink, 1976)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.

  1. Fink, W. L. (1976). A new genus and species of characid fish from the Bayano River Basin, Panamá (Pisces: Cypriniformes). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 88 (30): 331–344. 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:6GJ27. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.