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Brachyhypopomus brevirostris (Steindachner, 1868)

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
Brachyhypopomus brevirostris (Steindachner, 1868)
Name authority
(Steindachner, 1868)
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Gymnotiformes
Family
Hypopomidae
Genus
Brachyhypopomus
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. orderGymnotiformes
  11. suborderPulseoidei Janzen, Sabaj, Crampton & Lovejoy, 2026
  12. superfamilyRhamphichthyoidea Regan, 1911
  13. familyHypopomidae Eigenmann, 1912
  14. genusBrachyhypopomus Mago-Leccia, 1994
  15. speciesBrachyhypopomus brevirostris (Steindachner, 1868)

Close classified relatives

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

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Brachyhypopomus flavipomus Crampton, de Santana, Waddell & Lovejoy, 2017HypopomidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Brachyhypopomus janeiroensis (Costa & Campos-da-Paz, 1992)HypopomidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Brachyhypopomus arrayae Crampton, de Santana, Waddell & Lovejoy, 2017HypopomidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Brachyhypopomus belindae Crampton, de Santana, Waddell & Lovejoy, 2017HypopomidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Brachyhypopomus cunia Crampton, de Santana, Waddell & Lovejoy, 2017HypopomidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Brachyhypopomus diazae (Fernández-Yépez, 1972)HypopomidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Brachyhypopomus hendersoni Crampton, de Santana, Waddell & Lovejoy, 2017HypopomidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Brachyhypopomus jureiae Triques & Khamis, 2003HypopomidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Brachyhypopomus menezesi Crampton, de Santana, Waddell & Lovejoy, 2017HypopomidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Brachyhypopomus provenzanoi Crampton, de Santana, Waddell & Lovejoy, 2017HypopomidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Brachyhypopomus verdii Crampton, de Santana, Waddell & Lovejoy, 2017HypopomidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Brachyhypopomus walteri Sullivan, Zuanon & Cox Fernandes, 2013HypopomidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 20 records assigned to Hypopomidae.

Names & synonyms

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

Recorded nameSource status
Rhamphichthys brevirostris Steindachner, 1868 Steindachner, 1868synonym
Hypopomus brevirostris (Steindachner, 1868) (Steindachner, 1868)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.

  1. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1020742 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:MWM4. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.