Eretmobrycon

Eretmobrycon
Eretmobrycon scleroparius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Stevardiidae
Subfamily:	Landoninae
Genus:	Eretmobrycon W. L. Fink, 1976 [1]
Type species
Eretmobrycon bayano W. L. Fink, 1976 [1]

Eretmobrycon is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Stevardiidae. The fishes in this genus are found in Central and South America. ^[2]

Etymology

eretmón (Gr. ἐρετμόν) means oar or paddle, referring to the paddle-like lower caudal-fin lobe of E. bayano; brycon is a generalized term used in generic names of many characiform fishes, derived from brýchō (Gr. βρύχω), to bite, gnash teeth or eat greedily, originally an allusion to a fully toothed maxillae. ^[3]

Species

Eretmobrycon contains the following valid species: ^[4]

• Eretmobrycon bayano W. L. Fink, 1976
• Eretmobrycon brevirostris (Günther, 1860)
• Eretmobrycon ecuadorensis (Román-Valencia, Ruiz-C., Taphorn, Jiménez-Prado & García-Alzate, 2015)
• Eretmobrycon emperador (C. H. Eigenmann & Ogle, 1907)
• Eretmobrycon festae (Boulenger, 1898)
• Eretmobrycon gonzalezoi (Román-Valencia, 2002)
• Eretmobrycon guaytarae (C. H. Eigenmann & Henn, 1914)
• Eretmobrycon ichoensis (Román-Valencia, 2000)
• Eretmobrycon miraensis (Fowler, 1945)
• Eretmobrycon peruanus (Müller & Troschel, 1845)
• Eretmobrycon scleroparius (Regan, 1908)
• Eretmobrycon simus (Boulenger, 1898)
• Eretmobrycon terrabensis (Meek, 1914)

References

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Landoninae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 30 August 2025.
2. Thomaz, A.T.; Arcila, D.; Ortí, G.; Malabarba, L.R. (2015). "Molecular phylogeny of the subfamily Stevardiinae Gill, 1858 (Characiformes: Characidae): classification and the evolution of reproductive traits". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 2015 (15): 146. Bibcode:2015BMCEE..15..146T. doi: 10.1186/s12862-015-0403-4 . PMC   4509481 . PMID   26195030.
3. Christopher Scharpf (17 July 2025). "Family STEVARDIIDAE Gill 1858 (Stevardiids)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
4. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Eretmobrycon". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 30 August 2025.