Hyphessobrycon balbus MYERS, 1927

Etymology

Hyphessobrycon: from the Ancient Greek υπελάσσων (hyphesson), meaning ‘of lesser stature’, and used as a prefix in this case, plus the generic name Brycon.

balbus: from the Latin balbus, meaning ‘stuttering’, in reference to the incomplete lateral line in this species which is described as ‘stuttering’ in its description.

Classification

Order: Characiformes Family: Characidae

Distribution

Known only from headwaters of the upper Paraná river basin in the Federal District plus the neighbouring state of Goiás, central Brazil.

Type locality is ‘Planaltina, Lagoa Fervedeira, Goiás, Brazil’ with additional records existing mostly from the rio São Bartolomeu including the Bananal, Santa Maria-Torto and Gama tributary systems.

Habitat

At the localities listed in ‘Distribution’ H. balbus was collected alongside a number of other species including Steindachnerina insculpta, Characidium gomesi, C. xanthopterum, C. zebra, Bryconamericus stramineus, Knodus moenkhausii, Hasemania sp., Astyanax sp., Aspidoras fuscoguttatus, Neoplecostomus corumba, Hypostomus ancistroides, Rhamdia quelen, Rivulus pictus, Phalloceros harpagos, Poecilia reticulata (introduced) and Cichlasoma paranaense.

Maximum Standard Length

45 – 50 mm.

References

1. Myers, G. S., 1927 - Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 68(3): 107-135
   Descriptions of new South American fresh-water fishes collected by Dr. Carl Ternetz.
2. Aquino, P. P. U. and T. Belisário d`Araújo Couto, 2010 - Checklist 6(4): 594-595
   Pisces, Teleostei, Characiformes, Characidae, Hasemania crenuchoides Zarske and Géry, 1999, Hyphessobrycon balbus Myers, 1927 and Oligosarcus planaltinae Menezes and Géry, 1983: New records in Distrito Federal, Central Brazil.
3. Aquino, P. P. U., M. Schneider, M. J. M. Silva, C. P. Fonseca, H. B. Arakawa and D. R. Cavalcanti, 2009 - Biota Neotropica 9(1): 217-230
   Ictiofauna dos córregos do Parque Nacional de Brasília, bacia do Alto Rio Paraná, Distrito Federal, Brasil Central.
4. Calcagnotto, D., S. A. Schaefer, and R. DeSalle, 2005 - Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 36(1): 135-153
   Relationships among characiform fishes inferred from analysis of nuclear and mitochondrial gene sequences.
5. de Carvalho, F. R., 2011 - unpublished PHD Thesis: i-xxiii + 1-365
   Sistemática de Hyphessobrycon Durbin, 1908 (Ostariophysi: Characidae).
6. Oliveira, C. A., G. S. Avellino, K. T. Abe, T. C. Mariguela, R. C. Benine, G. Orti, R. P. Vari, and R. M. Corrêa e Castro, 2011 - BMC Evolutionary Biology 11(1): 275-300
   Phylogenetic relationships within the speciose family Characidae (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Characiformes) based on multilocus analysis and extensive ingroup sampling.
7. Reis, R. E., S. O. Kullander and C. J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds), 2003 - EDIPUCRS, Porto Alegre: i-xi + 1-729
   Check list of the freshwater fishes of South and Central America. CLOFFSCA.