Roeboides bussingi

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
Subfamilia: Characinae
Genus: Roeboides
Species: Roeboides bussingi

Name

Roeboides bussingi Matamoros et al., 2013

• Holotype: LSUMZ 14799.
• Paratypes: LSUMZ 14629 (6), 14601 (4), 14623 (1), 14655 (2), 14797 (1); UCR 0756 (20), 0450 (5).

Type locality: Costa Rica, Puntarenas Province, río Coloradito, about 6 km from the main road, tributary of the río Coto drainage, 08°34’12”N, 82°51’33”W [1].

Etymology: The species is named after William Bussing, an exceptional ichthyologist who has devoted his professional career to the understanding of the Costa Rican and Central American ichthyofauna. He was the first to suggest that this species was new to science (Bussing, 1998).

References

• Bussing, W. A.; 1998:: Peces de las aguas continentales de Costa Rica/Freshwater fishes of Costa Rica. Universidad de Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica.
• Matamoros, W. A., Chakrabarty, P., Angulo, A., Garita-Alvarado, C. A. & McMahan, C. D.; 2013: A new species of Roeboides (Teleostei: Characidae) from Costa Rica and Panama, with a key to the middle American species of the genus. Neotropical Ichthyology, 11 (2): 285–290.