Rivulus tomasi

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: Rivulus
Species: Rivulus tomasi

Name

Rivulus tomasi Vermeulen et al., 2013

• Holotype: MCNG 56580.
• Paratypes: MCNG 56581 (4,5).

Type locality: Tobogán da la Selva, creek forming a waterslide near the village Coromata, about 31 km south starting at the roundabout near the airport of Puerto Ayacucho, Amazonas Territories, Venezuela. 05°23’16"N, 67°37’00"W [1].

Etymology: The species is named the German aquarist, adventurer and fish collector Joachim Tomas who was one of the co-collectors of the species during a survey in 2010. Joachim Tomas died at the age of 49 in a sporting accident, two years later.

References

• Vermeulen, F. B. M., Valdesalici, S. & Garcia-Gil, J. R.; 2013: Rivulus tomasi (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae), a new killifish from Tobogán de la Selva, middle Orinoco river drainage in the Amazonas Territory, southwest Venezuela. aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 19 (4): 187–192.