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
Subfamilia: Stevardiinae
Genus: Mimagoniates
Species: Mimagoniates sylvicola

Name

Mimagoniates sylvicola Menezes & Weitzman, 1990

  • Holotype: MZUSP 36612.
  • Paratypes: MZUSP 28815-17 (77, 28, 42); USNM 276547 (77), 276557 (42, 2 c&s), 300633 (5), 300634 (1, c&s).

Type locality: Forest stream tributary to Atlantic, near Fazenda Embaçuaba, Município de Prado, Bahia, Brazil, 17°05'S, 39°13'W.

Etymology: silva (= forest), and cola (= to inhabit), referring to forested nature of streams where it occurs. (From The ETYFish project)

References

  • Menezes, N.A. & Weitzman, S.H. 1990. Two new species of Mimagoniates (Teleostei: Characidae: Glandulocaudinae), their phylogeny and biogeography and a key to the glandulocaudin fishes of Brazil and Paraguay. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 103(2): 380–426. Reference page. 
  • Menezes, N.A. & Weitzman, S.H. 2009. Systematics of the Neotropical fish subfamily Glandulocaudinae (Teleostei: Characiformes: Characidae). Neotropical Ichthyology 7(3): 295–370.PDF Reference page. 
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