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Species in the genus Hypopygus: [ 10 ] records


benoneae, Hypopygus Peixoto [L. A. W.], Dutra [G. M.], de Santana [C. D.] & Wosiacki [W. B.] 2013:232, Fig. 1 [Copeia 2013 (no. 2); ref. 32780] Pará, Melgaço, tributary of Igarapé Açú, lower Rio Anapu drainage, 1°48'15.4"S, 51°28'32.2"W, Brazil. Holotype: MPEG 23603. Paratypes: INPA, MPEG, MZUSP, USNM. Type catalog: Ferraris et al. 2017:[26] [ref. 35236]. •Valid as Hypopygus benoneae Peixoto, Dutra, de Santana & Wosiacki 2013 -- (Ferraris et al. 2017:[26] [ref. 35236]). Current status: Valid as Hypopygus benoneae Peixoto, Dutra, de Santana & Wosiacki 2013. Rhamphichthyidae. Distribution: Amazon River drainage, Brazil. Habitat: freshwater.

cryptogenes, Stegostenopos Triques [M. L.] 1997:33, Fig. 5 [Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie v. 24 (no. 1/2); ref. 22930] Igarapé (creek) Sirinau, right margin of River Cuieiras, about 25 kilometers from its mouth on River Negro, about 2°70'S, 60°40'W, Brazil. Holotype: MZUSP 47985. Paratypes: MZUSP 47986 (12), 47991 (1). Type catalog: Ferraris et al. 2017:[27] [ref. 35236]. •In Steatogenys -- (Albert & Campos-da-Paz 1998:426 [ref. 23853]). •Valid as Stegostenopos cryptogenes Triques 1997 -- (Albert & Crampton in Reis et al. 2003:496 [ref. 27061], DoNascimiento 2016:540 [ref. 34727]). •Valid as Hypopygus cryptogenes (Triques 1997) -- (de Santana & Crampton 2011:1122 [ref. 31643], Peixoto et al. 2013:232 [ref. 32780], Ferraris et al. 2017:[27] [ref. 35236], see DoNascimiento et al. 2017:[14] [ref. 35679], Campos-da-Paz 2018:198 [ref. 35891]). Current status: Valid as Hypopygus cryptogenes (Triques 1997). Rhamphichthyidae. Distribution: Rio Negro, Rio Preto and Rio Preto da Eva drainages, Amazon basin, Brazil and ? Venezuela. Habitat: freshwater.

hoedemani, Hypopygus de Santana [C. D.] & Crampton [W. G. R.] 2011:1125, Fig. 19 [Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society v. 163; ref. 31643] Igarapé Toari, Rio Preto de Eva drainage, 2°47'35"S, 59°38'21"W, Amazonas, Brazil. Holotype: INPA 30375. Paratypes: many at INPA and MZUSP. Type catalog: Ferraris et al. 2017:[27] [ref. 35236]. •Valid as Hypopygus hoedemani de Santana & Crampton 2011 -- (Peixoto et al. 2013:232 [ref. 32780], Ferraris et al. 2017:[27] [ref. 35236]). Current status: Valid as Hypopygus hoedemani de Santana & Crampton 2011. Rhamphichthyidae. Distribution: Rio Negro and Rio Preto da Eva drainages, Amazon basin, Brazil. Habitat: freshwater.

isbruckeri, Hypopygus de Santana [C. D.] & Crampton [W. G. R.] 2011:1127, Fig. 21 [Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society v. 163; ref. 31643] Caño Magua, forest stream, approximately 1 km from Magua, 13 km and 126° from San Fernando de Atabapo, Río Orinoco drainage, 3°58'50.2"N, 67°36'28.1"W, Amazonas, Venezuela. Holotype: UF 175390. Paratypes: UF 148537 (2), 148539 (6, 3 c&s). Type catalog: Ferraris et al. 2017:[27] [ref. 35236]. •Valid as Hypopygus isbruckeri de Santana & Crampton 2011 -- (Peixoto et al. 2013:232 [ref. 32780], Ferraris et al. 2017:[27] [ref. 35236], Campos-da-Paz 2018:198 [ref. 35891]). Current status: Valid as Hypopygus isbruckeri de Santana & Crampton 2011. Rhamphichthyidae. Distribution: San Fernando de Atabapo, Río Orinoco drainage, Amazonas, Venezuela. Habitat: freshwater.

lepturus, Hypopygus Hoedeman [J. J.] 1962:99, Fig. 4 [Bulletin of Aquatic Biology v. 3 (no. 30); ref. 12585] Maroni basin, Suriname. Holotype: RMNH 19466. Paratypes: RMNH 24408 [ex RMNH 19466] (1). Type catalog: Ferraris et al. 2017:[27] [ref. 35236]. Type locality by restriction (see de Santana & Crampton 2011:1128 [ref. 31643]) is not provided for in the Code. •Valid as Hypopygus lepturus Hoedeman 1962 -- (Ortega & Vari 1986:13 [ref. 9708], Mago-Leccia 1994:50 [ref. 21320], Planquette et al. 1996:394 [ref. 22818], Albert & Campos-da-Paz 1998:423 [ref. 23853], Lasso et al. 2001:100 [ref. 25928], Albert & Crampton in Reis et al. 2003:495 [ref. 27061], de Santana & Crampton 2011:1128 [ref. 31643], Barriga Salazar 2014:116 [ref. 35745], Peixoto et al. 2013:232 [ref. 32780], Sarmiento et al. 2014:188 [ref. 35004], Ferraris et al. 2017:[27] [ref. 35236], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:66 [ref. 35633], Urbano-Bonilla et al. 2018:73 [ref. 35773], Campos-da-Paz 2018:198 [ref. 35891], Ochoa et al. 2020:64 [ref. 37781], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:21 [ref. 39298], Borstein et al. 2022:16 [ref. 39507], Chuctaya et al. 2022:34 [ref. 42137], Taphorn et al. 2022:40 [ref. 41297], Torgersen et al. 2023:780 [ref. 40692]). Current status: Valid as Hypopygus lepturus Hoedeman 1962. Rhamphichthyidae. Distribution: South America: Amazon and Orinoco River basins, tributaries of the Paraguay River, and coastal rivers of the Guianas (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela). Habitat: freshwater.

minissimus, Hypopygus de Santana [C. D.] & Crampton [W. G. R.] 2011:1141, Fig. 25 [Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society v. 163; ref. 31643] Caño Viejita, moriche palm swamp in savannah, road from San Fernando de Atabapo to Santa Bárbara, 16.5 km and 142° from San Fernando de Atabapo, Río Orinoco drainage, 3°55'59.0"N, 67°36'34.2"W, Amazonas, Venezuela. Holotype: UF 175389. Paratypes: UF 148533 (5, 3 c&s). Plus non-type specimens. Type catalog: Ferraris et al. 2017:[27] [ref. 35236]. •Valid as Hypopygus minissimus de Santana & Crampton 2011 -- (Peixoto et al. 2013:232 [ref. 32780], Ferraris et al. 2017:[27] [ref. 35236]). Current status: Valid as Hypopygus minissimus de Santana & Crampton 2011. Rhamphichthyidae. Distribution: Upper Orinoco River basin and tributary of Casiquiare canal, Venezuela. Habitat: freshwater.

neblinae, Hypopygus Mago-Leccia [F.] 1994:86, Fig. 96 [Electric fishes of the continental waters of America; ref. 21320] Río Baria, 3 kilometers downriver of Neblina base camp, Amazonas, Venezuela. Holotype: MBUCV-V-14694. Paratypes: AMNH 58648 (3), 58669-70 (5, 3); ANSP 162126 (1); MBUCV-V-8077 (1), V-11217 (1), V-12997-98 (23, 14), V-14186 (1), V-14708 (1), V-14741 (79), V-14770-71 (2, 3); MCNG 12243 (15), 12370 (5). Type catalog: Provenzano et al. 1998:11 [ref. 24196], Ferraris et al. 2017:[27] [ref. 35236]. •Valid as Hypopygus neblinae Mago-Leccia 1994 -- (Albert & Crampton in Reis et al. 2003:495 [ref. 27061], de Santana & Crampton 2011:1144 [ref. 31643], Peixoto et al. 2013:232 [ref. 32780], Sarmiento et al. 2014:188 [ref. 35004], Ferraris et al. 2017:[27] [ref. 35236], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:66 [ref. 35633], Urbano-Bonilla et al. 2018:73 [ref. 35773], Campos-da-Paz 2018:199 [ref. 35891], Ochoa et al. 2020:64 [ref. 37781]). Current status: Valid as Hypopygus neblinae Mago-Leccia 1994. Rhamphichthyidae. Distribution: South America: Amazon and Orinoco river basins (Brazil, Colombia, Bolivia and Venezuela). Habitat: freshwater.

nijsseni, Hypopygus de Santana [C. D.] & Crampton [W. G. R.] 2011:1146, Figs. 23B, 29 [Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society v. 163; ref. 31643] Igarapé Repartimento, 1.5 km downstream from Estrada Agrovila, ca. 7 km and 230° from Tefé, muncipality of Tefé, tributary of Lago Tefé, Rio Tefé drainage, 3°24'30"S, 64°44'12"W, Amazonas, Brazil. Holotype: MCP 44650. Paratypes: MCP 44651 (4, 2 c&s), 44737 (4), 44738 (3), 44739 (2), 44740 (1). Type catalog: Ferraris et al. 2017:[27] [ref. 35236]. •Valid as Hypopygus nijsseni de Santana & Crampton 2011 -- (Peixoto et al. 2013:232 [ref. 32780], Ferraris et al. 2017:[27] [ref. 35236], Campos-da-Paz 2018:198 [ref. 35891]). Current status: Valid as Hypopygus nijsseni de Santana & Crampton 2011. Rhamphichthyidae. Distribution: Small streams in vicinity of Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil. Habitat: freshwater.

ortegai, Hypopygus de Santana [C. D.] & Crampton [W. G. R.] 2011:1148, Figs. 23C, 30 [Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society v. 163; ref. 31643] Unnamed stream, 2 km north of km 3.9 on road from Jenaro Herrera to Colonia Angamos, 4°53'01"S, 73°38'10"W, Loreto, Peru. Holotype: MUSM 35305. Paratypes: many at UF and MUSM. Plus non-type specimens. Type catalog: Ferraris et al. 2017:[27] [ref. 35236]. •Valid as Hypopygus ortegai de Santana & Crampton 2011 -- (Peixoto et al. 2013:232 [ref. 32780], Ferraris et al. 2017:[27] [ref. 35236], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:21 [ref. 39298], Chuctaya et al. 2022:34 [ref. 42137]). Current status: Valid as Hypopygus ortegai de Santana & Crampton 2011. Rhamphichthyidae. Distribution: South America: upper Amazon River drainage (Peru). Habitat: freshwater.

varii, Hypopygus Campos-da-Paz [R.] 2018:192, Figs. 1-2 [Zootaxa 4410 (no. 1); ref. 35891] Igarapé Saracá, Oriximiná, rio Trombetas drainage, Amazon basin, Pará, Brazil, 1°31'22"S, 56°19'52"W. Holotype: MNRJ 46752. Paratypes: MNRJ. •Valid as Hypopygus varii Campos-da-Paz 2018. Current status: Valid as Hypopygus varii Campos-da-Paz 2018. Rhamphichthyidae. Distribution: Rio Trombetas drainage, Amazon basin, Brazil. Habitat: freshwater.


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