Mixobrycon
| Mixobrycon | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Characidae |
| Genus: | Mixobrycon C. H. Eigenmann, 1915 |
| Species: | M. ribeiroi
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| Binomial name | |
| Mixobrycon ribeiroi (C. H. Eigenmann, 1907)
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Mixobrycon ribeiroi is a species of characin endemic to Paraguay, where it is found in the Paraguay River basin. It is the only member of its genus.
Named in honor of Alípio de Miranda Ribeiro (1874-1939) a Brazilian ichthyologist-herpetologist.[1]
References
[edit]- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Mixobrycon ribeiroi". FishBase. October 2011 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CHARACIFORMES: Family CHARACIDAE: Subfamily STEVARDIINAE + Incertae sedis". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
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