Melanorivulus amambaiensis

Colour pattern variation of male paratypes of Melanorivulus amambaiensis

Colour pattern variation of females Melanorivulus amambaiensis

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 amambaiensis

Name

• Melanorivulus amambaiensis Volcan, Severo-Neto & Lanés, 2018: 272

Holotype: MCP 53150, ♂, 27.9 mm SL, collected by M.V. Volcan & L.E.K Lanés on 14 December 2016.

Type locality: “Brazil, Mato Grosso do Sul State, near of municipality of Naviraí, first order stream of Rio Amambai, margin of BR 487 highway, 22°57’11”S, 54°26’52”W, altitude 332 m a.s.l.”

References

Primary references

• Volcan, M.V., Severo-Neto, F. & Lanés, L.E.K. 2018. Unrecognized biodiversity in a world’s hotspot: three new species of Melanorivulus (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae) from tributaries of the right bank of the Rio Paraná basin, Brazilian Cerrado. Zoosystematics and Evolution 94(2): 263–280. DOI: 10.3897/zse.94.24406. Reference page. 

Links

• WoRMS (2020). Melanorivulus amambaiensis Volcan, Severo-Neto & Lanés, 2018. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1250055 on 2020-09-02

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