Aphyodite grammica is a species of characin in the tribe Pristellini. It is found in parts of the Essequibo and Amazon River basins in Guyana.[1][2][3]
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| Aphyodite grammica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Characidae |
| Genus: | Aphyodite |
| Species: | A. grammica
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| Binomial name | |
| Aphyodite grammica C. H. Eigenmann, 1912
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Taxonomy
editAphyodite was originally described as a monotypic taxon in 1912, but over a century later two more species were described in 2017.[1]
Aphyodite comes from the Greek aphyodes 'sardine-colored'.
References
edit- ^ a b Esguícero, André L. H.; Castro, Ricardo M. C. (2017-12-04). "Taxonomic Revision of the Genus Aphyodite, with Description of Two New Species (Teleostei: Characidae)". Copeia. 105 (4): 753–764. doi:10.1643/ci-16-481. ISSN 0045-8511. S2CID 90208698.
- ^ "Aphyodite grammica". www.fishbase.se. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
- ^ Gery, J. (1973). "New and little‐known Aphyoditeina (Pisces, Characoidei) from the Amazon Basin∗". Studies on Neotropical Fauna. 8 (1): 81–137. doi:10.1080/01650527309360455. ISSN 0375-2410.
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