Moenkhausia xinguensis

Taxonavigation[edit]

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

Moenkhausia xinguensis (Steindachner, 1882)

Holotype (unique): NMW 57826. Species later described in more detail in Steindachner, 1882:32. See Géry & Zarske, 2004:40 for a redescription of the type.

Type locality: Rio Xingú, Brazil.

Steindachner, F. 1882. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Flussfische Südamerika's (IV). Anzeiger der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 19(19): 175–180. BHL Reference page.
Steindachner, F. 1882. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Flussfische Südamerikas. IV. [With 3 subtitles.] Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 46 (1 Abth.) (in 1883): 1–44, Pls. 1–7. Reference page.
Géry, J. & Zarske, A. 2004. Moenkhausia heikoi n. sp., a new tetra (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Characiformes: Characidae) from the Rio Xingú basin, Brazil, with a supplementary description of the genus type species. Aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology 9(1): 29–43.Reference page.

Tetragonopterus xinguensis in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on March 4, 2016.
Moenkhausia xinguensis – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Moenkhausia xinguensis in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.