IRMNG - Colossoma Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1903

IRMNG taxon details

Colossoma Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1903

IRMNG_ID

1383411 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1383411)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Serrasalmidae Bleeker, 1859

Synonymised names

Colosoma Eigenmann, 1915 · unaccepted

Colosomma · unaccepted

Melloina Amaral Campos, 1946 · unaccepted

Waiteina Fowler, 1907 · unaccepted

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Species Colossoma macropomum (Cuvier, 1818)
Species Colossoma bidens (Spix & Agassiz, 1829) accepted as Piaractus brachypomus (Cuvier, 1818)
Species Colossoma brachypomum (Cuvier, 1818) accepted as Piaractus brachypomus (Cuvier, 1818)
Species Colossoma branchypomus (Cuvier, 1818) accepted as Piaractus brachypomus (Cuvier, 1818)
Species Colossoma canterai Devincenzi, 1942 accepted as Piaractus mesopotamicus (Holmberg, 1887)
Species Colossoma macropodum (Cuvier, 1818) accepted as Colossoma macropomum (Cuvier, 1818)
Species Colossoma mitrei (Berg, 1895) accepted as Piaractus mesopotamicus (Holmberg, 1887)
Species Colossoma nigripinne (Cope, 1878) accepted as Colossoma macropomum (Cuvier, 1818)
Species Colossoma oculus (Cope, 1872) accepted as Colossoma macropomum (Cuvier, 1818)
Species Colossoma paco (Humboldt, 1821) accepted as Piaractus brachypomus (Cuvier, 1818)
Species Colossoma tambaqui (Amaral Campos, 1946) accepted as Colossoma macropomum (Cuvier, 1818)
Species Colossoma tombaqui (Amaral Campos, 1946) accepted as Colossoma macropomum (Cuvier, 1818)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Smithson. Misc. Coll., 45
page(s): 148 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark Authority given in Nomen. Zool. as Eigenmann, 1903. Also appeared in Eigenmann 1903 (Dec.). Colosoma is a misspelling....

Taxonomic remark Authority given in Nomen. Zool. as Eigenmann, 1903. Also appeared in Eigenmann 1903 (Dec.). Colosoma is a misspelling. (Eschmeyer). Family given as Characidae in WoRMS (Mar 2013), Serrasalmidae in Eschmeyer. [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2024). Colossoma Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1903. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1383411 on 2025-02-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

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Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

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Rees, Tony

2016-11-22 09:43:47Z

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original description Smithson. Misc. Coll., 45
page(s): 148 [details]

basis of record Brands, S. J. (compiler). (1989-2005). Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Originally available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/; for current information, refer http://taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl/ProjectDescription.aspx . [details]

basis of record Nomenclator Zoologicus (auth. adjusted as per Eschmeyer) [details]

verified source for family Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

current name source Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

extant flag source Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

habitat flag source FishBase [details]

original description (of Melloina Amaral Campos, 1946) Pap. Dep. Zool. Sec. Agric. S. Paulo 7
page(s): 219 [details]

original description (of Waiteina Fowler, 1907) Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., 58, 1906
page(s): 473 [details]

original description (of Colosoma Eigenmann, 1915) Ann. Carnegie Mus., 9
page(s): 262 [details]

Unreviewed

Descriptive info From FishBase: Freshwater. FishBase flag: All Freshwater. [details]

Type species as cited Myletes oculus Cope 1872 [details]

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