Moenkhausia lineomaculata

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: Moenkhausia

Species: Moenkhausia lineomaculata

Name

Moenkhausia lineomaculata Dagosta et al., 2015

Holotype: MZUSP 117108.
Paratypes: MZUSP 105953 (3), 106316 (2), 106320 (2), 106322 (3), 106324 (4), 106325 (1), 106326 (1), 106327 (5), 106328 (1), 106467 (2), 107995 (4); INPA 48035 (3); USNM 427200 (3).

Type locality: Campos de Júlio, rio Juruena at Fazenda Tiroleza, upper rio Tapajós basin, Mato Grosso State, Brazil, 14°16’37”S 59°5’22”W.

Etymology: The specific name lineomaculata comes from the Latin lineo, meaning line, and maculata, meaning spotted, in allusion to the longitudinal series of aligned spots characteristic of the species.

References

Dagosta, F.C.P., Marinho, M.M.F. & Benine, R.C. 2015. A new species of Moenkhausia Eigenmann (Characiformes: Characidae) from the upper rio Juruena basin, Central Brazil. Zootaxa 4032(4): 417–425. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4032.4.6. Preview (PDF) Reference page.

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