Hemiodus gracilis Günther, 1864
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
- Hemiodus gracilis Günther, 1864
- Name authority
- Günther, 1864
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Characiformes
- Family
- Hemiodontidae
- Genus
- Hemiodus
- 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
- familyHemiodontidae Bleeker, 1859
- genusHemiodus Müller, 1842
- speciesHemiodus gracilis Günther, 1864
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Hemiodus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Hemiodus argenteus Pellegrin, 1909 | HemiodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemiodus goeldii Steindachner, 1908 | HemiodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemiodus immaculatus Kner, 1858 | HemiodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemiodus iratapuru Langeani & Moreira, 2013 | HemiodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemiodus jatuarana Langeani, 2004 | HemiodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemiodus langeanii Beltrão & Zuanon, 2012 | HemiodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemiodus microlepis Kner, 1858 | HemiodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemiodus parnaguae Eigenmann & Henn, 1916 | HemiodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemiodus semitaeniatus Kner, 1858 | HemiodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemiodus ternetzi Myers, 1927 | HemiodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemiodus tocantinensis Langeani, 1999 | HemiodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemiodus bimaculatus Nogueira, Langeani & Netto-Ferreira, 2019 | HemiodontidaeChordata | 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 |
|---|---|
| Hemiodopsis gracilis (Günther, 1864) (Günther, 1864) | 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.
- Günther, A. (1864). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Siluridae, Characinidae, Haplochitonidae, Sternoptychidae, Scopelidae, Stomiatidae in the collection of the British Museum. British Museum, London, v. 5: i–xxii + 1–455. 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:6LP3Z. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.