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Phalloceros circummontanus Souto-Santos, Mejia, Arcila & Buckup, 2025

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
Phalloceros circummontanus Souto-Santos, Mejia, Arcila & Buckup, 2025
Name authority
Souto-Santos, Mejia, Arcila & Buckup, 2025
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Cyprinodontiformes
Family
Poeciliidae
Genus
Phalloceros
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. orderCyprinodontiformes
  11. familyPoeciliidae Bonaparte, 1831
  12. subfamilyPoeciliinae Bonaparte, 1831
  13. genusPhalloceros Eigenmann, 1907
  14. speciesPhalloceros circummontanus Souto-Santos, Mejia, Arcila & Buckup, 2025

Close classified relatives

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

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Phalloceros alessandrae Lucinda, 2008PoeciliidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Phalloceros anisophallos Lucinda, 2008PoeciliidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Phalloceros buckupi Lucinda, 2008PoeciliidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Phalloceros caudimaculatus (Hensel, 1868)PoeciliidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Phalloceros elachistos Lucinda, 2008PoeciliidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Phalloceros enneaktinos Lucinda, 2008PoeciliidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Phalloceros harpagos Lucinda, 2008PoeciliidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Phalloceros leptokeras Lucinda, 2008PoeciliidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Phalloceros ocellatus Lucinda, 2008PoeciliidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Phalloceros leticiae Lucinda, 2008PoeciliidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Phalloceros reisi Lucinda, 2008PoeciliidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Phalloceros spiloura Lucinda, 2008PoeciliidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 299 records assigned to Poeciliidae.

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=1834860 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:V59Z2. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.