Schizodon borellii

Schizodon borellii is a fish in the family Anostomidae from South America.[1][2]

Schizodon borellii
Schizodon borellii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Anostomidae
Genus: Schizodon
Species:
S. borellii
Binomial name
Schizodon borellii
(Boulenger, 1900)

The fish is named in honor of zoologist Alfonso Borelli (1857-1943), Università di Torino. Borelli led three expeditions into the interior of South America and collected the type specimen of this species along with many other animals.[3]


Description

Schizodon borellii can grow to 40 cm (16 in) standard length.[1]

Distribution

It is found in the Paraguay River basin in Argentina and Brazil.[1]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Schizodon borellii" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
  2. "Schizodon borellii". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  3. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CHARACIFORMES: Families TARUMANIIDAE, ERYTHRINIDAE, PARODONTIDAE, CYNODONTIDAE, SERRASALMIDAE, HEMIODONTIDAE, ANOSTOMIDAE and CHILODONTIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 29 September 2021.


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