Melanorivulus nelsoni

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 nelsoni

Name

• Melanorivulus nelsoni Deprá, Silva & Graça, 2017: 113

Holotype: MCP 50981, 39.1 mm SL, ♂.

Type locality: “Brazil, State of Mato Grosso, municipality of Juscimeira, unnamed creek tributary to the córrego Beleza, tributary to the rio São Lourenço ( rio Paraguai basin), 16°10′57″S, 55°0′40″W.”

References

Primary references

• Deprá, G.C., Silva, H.P. & Graça, W.J. 2017. A new pelvic-less species of Melanorivulus Costa (Cyprinodontiformes: Cynolebiidae), with a discussion on the pelvic-fin absence in killifishes. Zootaxa 4300(1): 111–124. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4300.1.6 Reference page.