Brycon falcatus Müller & Troschel, 1844
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
- Brycon falcatus Müller & Troschel, 1844
- Name authority
- Müller & Troschel, 1844
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Characiformes
- Family
- Bryconidae
- Genus
- Brycon
- 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
- familyBryconidae Eigenmann, 1912
- subfamilyBryconinae Eigenmann, 1912
- genusBrycon Müller & Troschel, 1844
- speciesBrycon falcatus Müller & Troschel, 1844
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Brycon. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Brycon melanopterus (Cope, 1872) | BryconidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brycon gouldingi Lima, 2004 | BryconidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brycon alburnus (Günther, 1860) | BryconidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brycon atrocaudatus (Kner, 1863) | BryconidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brycon coquenani Steindachner, 1915 | BryconidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brycon costaricensis Angulo & Gracian-Negrete, 2013 | BryconidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brycon coxeyi Fowler, 1943 | BryconidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brycon dentex Günther, 1860 | BryconidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brycon devillei (Castelnau, 1855) | BryconidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brycon insignis Steindachner, 1877 | BryconidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brycon medemi Dahl, 1960 | BryconidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brycon nattereri Günther, 1864 | BryconidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Brycon brevicauda Günther, 1864 Günther, 1864 | synonym |
| Brycon matrinchao Fowler, 1941 Fowler, 1941 | synonym |
| Brycon stubelii Steindachner, 1882 Steindachner, 1882 | synonym |
| Brycon stuebelii Steindachner, 1882 Steindachner, 1882 | synonym |
| Brycon schomburgkii Müller & Troschel, 1844 Müller & Troschel, 1844 | synonym |
| Brycon stübelii Steindachner, 1882 Steindachner, 1882 | 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.
- Müller, J., & Troschel, F. H. (1844). Synopsis generum et specierum familiae Characinorum. (Prodromus descriptionis novorum generum et specierum). Archiv Für Naturgeschichte, 10 (pt 1): 81–99 + foldout table (opposite p. 99). 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:NH7B. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.