Hemibrycon guejarensis Román-Valencia, Ruiz-C. & Taphorn, 2018
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
- Hemibrycon guejarensis Román-Valencia, Ruiz-C. & Taphorn, 2018
- Name authority
- Román-Valencia, Ruiz-C. & Taphorn, 2018
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Characiformes
- Family
- Stevardiidae
- Genus
- Hemibrycon
- 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
- subfamilyHemibryconinae Géry, 1966
- genusHemibrycon Günther, 1864
- speciesHemibrycon guejarensis Román-Valencia, Ruiz-C. & Taphorn, 2018
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Hemibrycon. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Hemibrycon beni Pearson, 1924 | StevardiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemibrycon brevispini Román-Valencia & Arcila-Mesa, 2009 | StevardiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemibrycon cairoensis Román-Valencia & Arcila-Mesa, 2009 | StevardiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemibrycon dariensis Meek & Hildebrand, 1916 | StevardiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemibrycon dentatus (Eigenmann, 1913) | StevardiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemibrycon divisorensis Bertaco, Malabarba, Hidalgo & Ortega, 2007 | StevardiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemibrycon fasciatus Román-Valencia, Ruiz-C., Taphorn P., Mancera-Rodriguez & García-Alzate, 2013 | StevardiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemibrycon helleri Eigenmann, 1927 | StevardiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemibrycon inambari Bertaco & Malabarba, 2010 | StevardiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemibrycon metae Myers, 1930 | StevardiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemibrycon microformaa Román-Valencia & Ruiz-C., 2007 | StevardiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemibrycon mikrostiktos Bertaco & Malabarba, 2010 | 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.; Ruiz-C, R. I.; Taphorn B., D. C. (2017). Hemibrycon guejarensis, a new species from the Güejar river, Orinoco basin, Colombia (Characiformes: Characidae) with a review the populations identified as Hemibrycon metae. Revista de Investigaciones Universidad Del Quindío, 29. https://doi.org/10.33975/riuq.vol29n1.13 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:D5D46. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.