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Gymnocorymbus ternetzi  (Boulenger, 1895)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 162891

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Tetragonopterus ternetzi Boulenger, 1895
  
  Common Name(s): black tetra
 
    black widow
 
    black tetra [English]
  
    black widow [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderOstariophysi   
                            OrderCharaciformes  – piranhas, leporins, piranhas  
                               FamilyCharacidae  – American characins, characins, tetras, carácidos, characins, charicidés, tétras  
                                  GenusGymnocorymbus Eigenmann, 1908  
                                     SpeciesGymnocorymbus ternetzi (Boulenger, 1895) – black tetra, black widow, black tetra, black widow  
       

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  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 13-May-2004, website (version 10-May-04)  
  Acquired: 2004   
  Notes: http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/   
  Reference for: Gymnocorymbus ternetzi   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Gymnocorymbus ternetzi   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Axelrod, Herbert R., and Leonard P. Schultz   
  Publication Date: 1955   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Handbook of Tropical Aquarium Fishes   
  Page(s): xii + 718   
  Publisher: McGraw-Hill Book Company   
  Publication Place: New York, Toronto, London   
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  Reference for: Gymnocorymbus ternetzi   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Riehl, R., and H. A. Baensch   
  Publication Date: 1989   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Aquarium Atlas   
  Page(s): 992   
  Publisher: Hans A. Baensch   
  Publication Place: Melle, Germany   
  ISBN/ISSN: 3-88244-050-3   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Gymnocorymbus ternetzi, black tetra   
       

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