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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Characiformes |
Family: | Characidae |
Genus: |
Scissor Günther, 1864 |
Species: | S. macrocephalus
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Binomial name | |
Scissor macrocephalus |
Scissor macrocephalus is a species of characin endemic to Suriname. It is the only member of its genus. [2]
The generic name is based on the Latin for "one who cleaves", and the specific epithet is Greek for "large head". The species was described from a single specimen, and the description is doubtful. The binomial is incertae sedis [3] within Characidae and the species may actually properly belong to Oligosarcus. [4]
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