Hypsolebias faouri

Taxonavigation: Aplocheiloidei
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: Atherinomorphae Ordo: Cyprinodontiformes Subordo: Aplocheiloidei

Familia: Rivulidae
Genus: Hypsolebias
Species: Hypsolebias faouri

Name

Hypsolebias faouri Britzke et al., 2016

Holotype: ZUEC 10796. Paratypes: ZUEC 10797 (3, 5); LBP 18842 (1, 1).

Type locality: Brazil, Bahia, Prazeres, Rio Preto, Rio São Francisco basin, 11°23’24.8”S 44°54’11.2”W, altitude 522 m.

Etymology: The species is named in honor and recognition to the first discoverer of the species, the environmentalist Mr. Amer Faour.

Britzke, R., Nielsen, D.T.B. & Oliveira, C. 2016. Description of two new species of annual fishes of the Hypsolebias antenori species group (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae), from Northeast Brazil. Zootaxa 4114(2): 123–138. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4114.2.2. Reference page.

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