Mixobrycon ribeiroi is a species of characin endemic to Paraguay, where it is found in the Paraguay River basin. It is the only member of its genus.
| Mixobrycon | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Characidae |
| Genus: | Mixobrycon C. H. Eigenmann, 1915 |
| Species: | M. ribeiroi
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| Binomial name | |
| Mixobrycon ribeiroi (C. H. Eigenmann, 1907)
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Named in honor of Alípio de Miranda Ribeiro (1874-1939) a Brazilian ichthyologist-herpetologist.[1]
References edit
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Mixobrycon ribeiroi" in FishBase. October 2011 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CHARACIFORMES: Family CHARACIDAE: Subfamily STEVARDIINAE + Incertae sedis". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
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