Hyphessobrycon psittacus

Taxonavigation: Characiformes
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: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Characiformes

Familia: Characidae
Subfamiliae: Pristellinae
Genus: Hyphessobrycon
Species: Hyphessobrycon psittacus

Name

Hyphessobrycon psittacus Dagosta et al., 2016

Holotype: MZUSP 115550.
Paratypes: many.

Type locality: Brazil, Mato Grosso State, Sapezal, Rio Papagaio, a tributary of the Rio Juruena, upper Rio Tapajóos basin, 13°33'41.7"S, 58°24'26.9"W.

Etymology: The specific name psittacus comes from the Latin word for parrot, in allusion to the type locality, the Rio Papagaio, which means ‘‘Parrot River’’ in Portuguese.

References

Dagosta, F.C.P., Marinho, M.M.F., Camelier, P. & Lima, F.C.T. 2016. A New Species of Hyphessobrycon (Characiformes: Characidae) from the Upper Rio Juruena Basin, Central Brazil, with a Redescription of H. cyanotaenia. Copeia 104(1): 250–259. DOI: 10.1643/CI-15-243 Reference page.

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