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Corynopoma riisei Gill, 1858

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Gill, T. N. (1858). Synopsis of the fresh water fishes of the western portion of the island of Trinidad West Indies. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> v. 6 (nos 10-13, art. 38): 363-430. [Also appeared as a separate, pp. 1-70.].

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Characiformes
family
Characidae
genus
Corynopoma
species
Corynopoma riisei

Name

Synonyms
Corynopoma veedonii Gill, 1858
Nematopoma searlesii Gill, 1858
Stevardia albipinnis Gill, 1858
Stevardia aliata Eigenmann, 1914
Stevardia riisei (Gill, 1858)
Homonyms
Corynopoma riisei Gill, 1858
Common names
swordfin characin in language.
swordfin characin in English
Sword-Cheeked Tetra in English
Sardinita Cachete de Espada in Spanish
Swordtail characin in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Cala, P. 1977. Los peces de la Orinoquía colombiana, Lista preliminar anotada. Lozanía (Acta Zoológica Colombiana) 24: 1-21.
  2. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  3. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
  4. Gill, T. N. (1858). Synopsis of the fresh water fishes of the western portion of the island of Trinidad West Indies. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> v. 6 (nos 10-13, art. 38): 363-430. [Also appeared as a separate, pp. 1-70.].
  5. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  6. Shiino, Sueo M., 1976: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. 262.
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