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Hemigrammus tupebas (Esguícero & Castro, 2017)

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
Hemigrammus tupebas (Esguícero & Castro, 2017)
Name authority
(Esguícero & Castro, 2017)
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Characiformes
Family
Acestrorhamphidae
Genus
Hemigrammus
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. familyAcestrorhamphidae Eigenmann, 1907
  13. subfamilyPristellinae Géry & Boutière, 1964
  14. genusHemigrammus Gill, 1858
  15. speciesHemigrammus tupebas (Esguícero & Castro, 2017)

Close classified relatives

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

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Hemigrammus barrigonae Eigenmann & Henn, 1914AcestrorhamphidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Hemigrammus coeruleus Durbin, 1908AcestrorhamphidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Hemigrammus cylindricus Durbin, 1909AcestrorhamphidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Hemigrammus diagonicus Mendonça & Wosiacki, 2011AcestrorhamphidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Hemigrammus durbinae Ota, Lima & Pavanelli, 2015AcestrorhamphidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Hemigrammus gracilis (Lütken, 1875)AcestrorhamphidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Hemigrammus haraldi Géry, 1961AcestrorhamphidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Hemigrammus levis Durbin, 1908AcestrorhamphidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Hemigrammus luelingi Géry, 1964AcestrorhamphidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Hemigrammus mahnerti Uj & Géry, 1989AcestrorhamphidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Hemigrammus matei Eigenmann, 1918AcestrorhamphidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Hemigrammus melanochrous Fowler, 1913AcestrorhamphidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

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Names & synonyms

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

Recorded nameSource status
Aphyodite tupebas Esguícero & Castro, 2017 Esguícero & Castro, 2017synonym

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=1846318 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:V972Y. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.