Myxiops aphos

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: Myxiops
Species: Myxiops aphos

Name

Myxiops aphos Zanata & Akama, 2004

• Holotype: MZUSP 81026. Paratypes: MCP 35007 (3), MZUSP 81025 (22, 4 c&s)
• Type location: Rio Lençóis, tributary of rio Paraguaçu, 3 kilometers upstream of Lençóis city, above Cachoeira do Serrano, 12°34'S, 41°22'W, Lençóis, Bahia, Brazil.

Primary references

• Zanata, A.M. & Akama, A., 2004: Myxiops aphos, a new characid genus and species (Characiformes: Characidae) from the rio Lençóis, Bahia, Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology v. 2 (no. 2): 45–54 DOI: 10.1590/S1679-62252004000200001 Reference page. 

Links

• Myxiops aphos in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on November 25, 2015.
• Myxiops aphos in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.