Brycon insignis, the Tiete tetra, is a species of fish in the family Characidae. It is endemic to the Paraíba do Sul River basin in southeast Brazil.[2] B. insignis migrates upstream to spawn and has traditionally been important to fisheries,[3] but it is now a threatened species.[4]

Brycon insignis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Characidae
Genus: Brycon
Species:
B. insignis
Binomial name
Brycon insignis
Synonyms

Catabasis acuminatus
Eigenmann & Norris, 1900
Brycon acuminatus
(Eigenmann & Norris, 1900)

Some authorities recognize B. acuminatus as a separate, possibly extinct species,[5] but recent authorities treat it as a synonym of B. insignis.[6][7]

References

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  1. ^ Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade; et al. (ICMBio) (2021). "Brycon insignis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T186847A1819274. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T186847A1819274.pt. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Brycon insignis". FishBase. February 2017 version.
  3. ^ Viveiros, Isaú, Caneppele, and Leal (2012). Sperm cryopreservation affects postthaw motility, but not embryogenesis or larval growth in the Brazilian fish Brycon insignis (Characiformes). Theriogenology 78(4): 803–810.
  4. ^ Isaú, Rizzo, Amaral, Mourad, and Viveiros (2013). Structural analysis of oocytes, post-fertilization events and embryonic development of the Brazilian endangered teleost Brycon insignis (Characiformes). Zygote 21(1): 85—94.
  5. ^ World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Brycon acuminatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T39292A10175939. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T39292A10175939.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  6. ^ Lima, F.C.T. (2017). A revision of the cis-andean species of the genus Brycon Müller & Troschel (Characiformes: Characidae). Zootaxa 4222 (1): 1-189.
  7. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Brycon acuminatus". FishBase. February 2017 version.

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