Brachyhypopomus occidentalis (Regan, 1914)

Angulo, Arturo, 2021, New records and range extensions to the Costa Rican freshwater fish fauna, with an updated checklist, Zootaxa 5083 (1), pp. 1-72 : 29

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5083.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5818304
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scientific name	Brachyhypopomus occidentalis (Regan, 1914)
status

Treatment

Brachyhypopomus occidentalis (Regan, 1914) View in CoL . Occidental Bluntnose Knifefish; Pez Cuchillo, Pez Cuchillo Aplanado, Pez Navaja, Pez Machete, Anguila, Anguila Falsa, Madre de Barbudo.

Distribution: Global: Central and South America; from eastern Costa Rica to Ecuador and Venezuela, Atlantic and Pacific drainages; Costa Rica: Si (Atlantic), 1– 60 m.a.s.l., Pri, Pot.

Occurrence and conservation status: Nat, LC.

References: Bussing (1987: 99, as Hypopomus occidentalis View in CoL —synonym; 1998: 134, as H. occidentalis View in CoL —synonym; brief description, including illustrations and an identification key, information on distribution, with a map, and ecology) and Angulo et al. (2013: 994; listed, including taxonomic information and distributional data).

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Actinopterygii
Order	Gymnotiformes
Family	Hypopomidae
Genus	Brachyhypopomus