Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cyprinoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Otomorpha
Subcohors: Ostariophysi
Sectio: Otophysa
Ordo: Cypriniformes
Superfamilia: Cyprinoidea

Familia: Psilorhynchidae
Genus: Psilorhynchus
Species: Psilorhynchus hamiltoni

Name

Psilorhynchus hamiltoni Conway et al., 2013

  • Holotype: UMMZ 249903.
  • Paratypes: UMMZ 249904 (5, 1c&s; 1 SEM stub).

Type locality: India, West Bengal, Tista River at Tista Barrage, 105 m asl, 26°45'1.0"N, 88°35'11.0"E .

Etymology: Named in honor of the exceptional Scottish naturalist Francis Hamilton (1762–1829), a pioneer of Indian ichthyology, who spent more than 17 years surveying the freshwater fish fauna of large areas of the Indian subcontinent.

References

  • Conway, K. W., Dittmer, D. E., Jezisek, L. E. & Ng, H. H.; 2013: On Psilorhynchus sucatio and P. nudithoracicus, with the description of a new species of Psilorhynchus from northeastern India (Ostariophysi: Psilorhynchidae). Zootaxa 3686(2): 201–243. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3686.2.5 Reference page. 
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