Oligosarcus amome

Taxonavigation

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
Genus: Oligosarcus
Species: Oligosarcus amome

Name

Oligosarcus amome Almirón et al., 2015

Holotype: MLP 10679.
Paratypes: MLP 10680 (6, 1 C&S); MACN-ict 10374 (1).

Type locality: Argentina: Misiones Province: río Uruguay basin, arroyo Oveja Negra, tributary of Arroyo Yabotí-Guazú, 27°08'15.5"S, 53°55'28.8"W.

Etymology: The species epithet amome is a Guaraní word that means once in a while, rare, in references to the low occurrence of the specimens of this species in the localities where they were captured.

References

Almirón, A., Casciotta, J., Piálek, L., Doubnerová, K., Říčan, O. 2015. Oligosarcus amome (Ostariophysi: Characidae), a new species from the río Uruguay basin, Misiones, Argentina. Zootaxa 3915(1): 581–590. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3915.1.8.Reference page.

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