Tyttocharax metae Román-Valencia, García-Alzate, Ruiz-C. & Taphorn, 2012
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
- Tyttocharax metae Román-Valencia, García-Alzate, Ruiz-C. & Taphorn, 2012
- Name authority
- Román-Valencia, García-Alzate, Ruiz-C. & Taphorn, 2012
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Characiformes
- Family
- Stevardiidae
- Genus
- Tyttocharax
- 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
- familyStevardiidae Gill, 1858
- subfamilyXenurobryconinae Myers & Böhlke, 1956
- genusTyttocharax Fowler, 1913
- speciesTyttocharax metae Román-Valencia, García-Alzate, Ruiz-C. & Taphorn, 2012
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Tyttocharax. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Tyttocharax tambopatensis Weitzman & Ortega, 1995 | StevardiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tyttocharax cochui (Ladiges, 1950) | StevardiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tyttocharax madeirae Fowler, 1913 | StevardiidaeChordata | 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.
- Román-Valencia, C., García-Alzate, C. A., Ruiz-C, R. I., Donald, C., & Taphorn, B. (2012). A new species of Tyttocharax (Characiformes: Characidae: Stevardiinae) from the Güejar river, Orinoco river Basin, Colombia. Neotropical Ichthyology, 10. https://doi.org/10.1590/s1679-62252012000300004 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:7DBY3. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.