Archolaemus janeae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gymnotiformes

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: Gymnotiformes

Familia: Sternopygidae
Genus: Archolaemus
Species: Archolaemus janeae

Name

• Archolaemus janeae Vari, de Santana & Wosiacki, 2012

Holotype: INPA 30832. Paratypes: INPA 36380 (16); MPEG 21684 (1); MZUSP 31491 (2); USNM 404355 (1).

Type locality: Brazil, Pará, Rio Iriri, just upriver of its mouth into Rio Xingu, Município de Altamira (3°48'54"S, 52°37'09"W).

Etymology: The species name janeae is in honour of Jane Mertens of Humboldt Universität zu Berlin for her assistance to the second author.

References

• Vari, R. P., de Santana, C. D. & Wosiacki, W. B., 2012: South American electric knifefishes of the genus Archolaemus (Ostariophysi, Gymnotiformes): undetected diversity in a clade of rheophiles. Zoological Journal of the Linnaean Society, 165: 670–699.