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Taxon: Species Rhaphiodon vulpinus Spix & Agassiz, 1829 - biara (fish)
 Entity: 

Authorship

Original name:  de Spix, J.B. & Agassiz, L. 1829. Pisc. Brasil.: 76 ("Agass.").
Original rank:  loc. cit.
Original generic combination:  loc. cit.
Original spelling:  loc. cit.
Description/Diagnosis in Latin:  loc. cit.

Attributes

Name placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology [ICZN, 1999: Art. 80.6] Ref: ICZN, 2002c. Opinion 2012: 224 ("Spix & Agassiz, 1829"). [new]

Types

Type of: Rhaphiodon (Genus) Agassiz, 1829 Ref: ICZN, 2002c: 223. [new]

Synonyms

Synonymous name: Hydropardus rapax Reinhardt, 1849 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Rhaphiodontichthys vulpinus (Spix & Agassiz, 1829) Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Questionably Synonymous name: Salmo tamuco Kner, 1860 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name (objective): Cynodon vulpinus Spix & Agassiz, 1829 Ref: J.B. de Spix & L. Agassiz, 1829: 77. [new]

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: biara
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