Taxonavigation

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: Melanorivulus
Species: Melanorivulus kunzei

Name

  • Melanorivulus kunzei Costa, 2012

Holotype: UFRJ 8423. Paratypes: UFRJ 8422 (6, 5), 8421 (4, 4).

Type locality: Brazil, Estado de Goiás, Município de Jataí, road BR-158, about 64 km N of Jataí town, in a small stream tributary to upper Caiapó River, an upper tributary to Araguaia River, 17°01'55"S, 51°51'03"W, altitude 729 m.

Etymology: The specific name kunzei is in honour of Eduardo Kunze Bastos, author of an unpublished dissertation written in 1979 comprising a pioneering study on the ecology of Rivulus punctatus (correctly, Melanorivulus pictus) from central Brazil, providing initial stimulus for studying taxonomy of the killifishes today placed in the genus Melanorivulus.

References

  • Costa, W. J. E. M.; 2012: Two new species of Melanorivulus from the Caiapós hill, upper Araguaia river basin, Brazil (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 23 (3): 211–218.
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