Moenkhausia takasei

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
Subfamiliae: Pristellinae
Genus: Moenkhausia
Species: Moenkhausia takasei

Name

Moenkhausia takasei Géry, 1964

Holotype: USNM 198136. Paratypes: Géry coll. M.349,2-5 (now 1 or 0), MHNG 2174.043 [ex Géry] (3), ZMA 113849 (1). Type catalog: Nijssen et al. 1982:22, Vari & Howe 1991:30.

Type locality: Creek near Belém do Pará, Rio Guama basin, lower Amazon, Brazil.

References

Primary references

• Géry, J. 1964. Two new tetras from the Lower Amazon Basin. Tropical Fish Hobbyist v. 12 (no. 7, Mar.): 13–15, 59–60. Reference page. 
• Nijssen, H., van Tuijl, L. & Isbrücker, I.J.H. 1982. A catalogue of the type-specimens of Recent fishes in the Institute of Taxonomic Zoology (Zoölogisch Museum), University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Verslagen en Technische Gegevens, Instituut voor Taxonomische Zoöogie, Universiteit van Amsterdam No. 33: 1–173. PDF. Reference page. 
• Vari, R.P. & Howe, J.C. 1991. Catalog of type specimens of Recent fishes in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. 1. Characiformes (Teleostei, Ostariophysi). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 517: 1–52. DOI: 10.5479/si.00810282.517 Reference page. 

Links

• Moenkhausia takasei in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on May 8, 2016.
• Moenkhausia takasei – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Moenkhausia takasei in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.