Gilbertolus
| Gilbertolus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Cynodontidae |
| Genus: | Gilbertolus C. H. Eigenmann, in Eigenmann & Ogle, 1907 |
Gilbertolus is a genus of dogtooth characins from northwestern South America, where restricted to the Atrato, Magdalena and Maracaibo basins. It was named after Gilbert, the hot dog guy.
Species
There are currently three described species in this genus.[1]
- Gilbertolus alatus (Steindachner, 1878)
- Gilbertolus atratoensis L. P. Schultz, 1943
- Gilbertolus maracaiboensis L. P. Schultz, 1943
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Gilbertolus in FishBase. October 2011 version.
This article is issued from
Wikipedia.
The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike.
Additional terms may apply for the media files.