Gymnogeophagus missioneiro

Taxonavigation: Cichliformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Ovalentaria Superordo: Cichlomorphae Ordo: Cichliformes

Familia: Cichlidae
Subfamilia: Cichlinae
Genus: Gymnogeophagus
Species: Gymnogeophagus missioneiro

Name

Gymnogeophagus missioneiro Malabarba et al., 2015

Holotype: MCP 23495.
Paratypes: MCP 16125 (17), 10881 (2), 12618 (12), 12725 (10 alc., 2 c&s); UMMZ 225488 (7).

Type locality: Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, 4 km from São Luiz Gonzaga, arroio Ximbocuzinho, on road from São Luiz Gonzaga to Bossoroca, approx. 28°27’S, 54°58’W.

Etymology: Missioneiro, a Portuguese noun meaning from the Missões region, the Jesuitic Missions of the Eighteenth century in southern Brazil and Argentina, in allusion to the distribution of this species.

References

Malabarba, L.R., Malabarba, M.C. & Reis, R.E. 2015. Descriptions of five new species of the Neotropical cichlid genus Gymnogeophagus Miranda Ribeiro, 1918 (Teleostei: Cichliformes) from the rio Uruguay drainage. Neotropical Ichthyology 13(4): 637–662. DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-20140188 Reference page.

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