Metynnis (original) (raw)

M. lippincottianus

• Metynnis Cope, 1878: 692
  • Gender: masculine.
  • Type species: Metynnis luna Cope, 1878.
    * Fixation: type by monotypy.
• Myleocollops Eigenmann, 1903: 147
  • Gender: masculine.
  • Type species: Metynnis goeldii Eigenmann, 1903 (= Myletes lippincottianus Cope, 1870)
    * Fixation: type by original designation (also monotypic).
• Sealeina Fowler, 1907: 478
  • Gender: feminine.
  • Type species: Myletes lippincottianus Cope, 1870.
    * Fixation: type by original designation (also monotypic).
• Cope, E.D. 1878. Synopsis of the fishes of the Peruvian Amazon, obtained by Professor Orton during his expeditions of 1873 and 1877. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 17(101): 673–701. BHL
• Eigenmann, C.H. 1903. New genera of South American fresh-water fishes, and new names for old genera. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 45: 144–148. BHL
• Fowler, H.W. 1907. Further knowledge of some heterognathous fishes. Part II. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 58(for 1906): 431–483. BHL
• Cope, 1878 – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Metynnis and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2026. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Metynnis species list in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2026. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.