Brycon insignis
species of fish
Brycon insignis, the Tiete tetra, is a species of species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Bryconidae, the doradas and jaw tetras. It is endemic to the Paraíba do Sul River basin in southeast Brazil. B. insignis migrates upstream to spawn and has traditionally been important to fisheries, but it is now a threatened species.
Taxonomy
Bryson insignis was first formally described in 1877 by the Austrian ichthyologist Franz Steindachner, with its type locality given as "Rio Parahyba at Campos and Mendez" in Brazil. This species is classified in the genus Brycon, which is classified within the subfamily Bryconinae of the family Bryconidae in the suborder Characoidei of the order Characiformes.
Some authorities recognize B. acuminatus as a separate, possibly extinct species, but recent authorities treat it as a synonym of B. insignis.
Etymology
Brycon insignis belongs to the genus Brycon. This name is derived from the Greek brýchō (βρύχω), which means "to bite", "gnash teeth" or "eat greedily", thought to be an allusion to the fully toothed maxillae of the type species, B. falcatus. The specific name, insignis, is Latin and means "remarkable" or "notable". Steindachner did not explain this name, but he did note in his description that this species was notable among its then known congeners in the thin and well spaced teeth, with the second row of teeth adjacent ro the symphysis of the dentary, then thought to be a feature of fishes in the genus Brycon, being frequently absent.
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