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Aphyocharax dentatus Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1903

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.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Aphyocharax dentatus Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1903
Name authority
Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1903
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Characiformes
Family
Characidae
Genus
Aphyocharax
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. familyCharacidae Latreille, 1825
  13. subfamilyAphyocharacinae Eigenmann, 1909
  14. genusAphyocharax Günther, 1868
  15. speciesAphyocharax dentatus Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1903

Close classified relatives

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

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Aphyocharax brevicaudatus Brito, Guimarães, Carvalho-Costa & Ottoni, 2019CharacidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Aphyocharax anisitsi Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1903CharacidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Aphyocharax rathbuni Eigenmann, 1907CharacidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Aphyocharax pusillus Günther, 1868CharacidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Aphyocharax agassizii (Steindachner, 1882)CharacidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 165 records assigned to Characidae.

Names & synonyms

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

Recorded nameSource status
Notropocharax difficilis Marini, Nichols & La Monte, 1933 Marini, Nichols & La Monte, 1933synonym
Aphyocharax nasutus Ahl, 1936 Ahl, 1936synonym
Aphyocharax pappenheimi Ahl, 1923 Ahl, 1923synonym

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. Eigenmann, C. H.; Kennedy C. H. (1903). On a collection of fishes from Paraguay, with a synopsis of the American genera of cichlids. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, v. 55: 497–537. [Issue date on separate, mailing date on volume is 4 Sept. for pp. 497–528, 29 Sept. for 529–537.]. 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:FL23. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.