Apareiodon orinocensis Bonilla, Machado-Allison, Silvera, Chernoff, López & Lasso, 1999
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
- Apareiodon orinocensis Bonilla, Machado-Allison, Silvera, Chernoff, López & Lasso, 1999
- Name authority
- Bonilla, Machado-Allison, Silvera, Chernoff, López & Lasso, 1999
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Characiformes
- Family
- Parodontidae
- Genus
- Apareiodon
- 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
- familyParodontidae Eigenmann, 1910
- genusApareiodon Eigenmann, 1916
- speciesApareiodon orinocensis Bonilla, Machado-Allison, Silvera, Chernoff, López & Lasso, 1999
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Apareiodon. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Apareiodon gransabana Starnes & Schindler, 1993 | ParodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apareiodon argenteus Pavanelli & Britski, 2003 | ParodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apareiodon davisi Fowler, 1941 | ParodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apareiodon hasemani Eigenmann, 1916 | ParodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apareiodon machrisi Travassos, 1957 | ParodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apareiodon vladii Pavanelli, 2006 | ParodontidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Apareiodon tigrinus Pavanelli & Britski, 2003 | ParodontidaeChordata | 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.
- Bonilla, A., Machado-Allison, A., Silvera, C., Chernoff, B., López, H., & Lasso, C. A. (1999). Apareiodon orinocensis, una nueva especie de pez de agua dulce (Pisces: Characiformes: Parodontidae) proveniente de los rios Caura y Orinoco, Venezuela. Acta Biologica Venezuelica, 19 (1): 1–10. [In Spanish, English summary.]. 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:F8C3. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.