Bathyaethiops baka

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: Alestidae
Genus: Bathyaethiops
Species: Bathyaethiops baka

Name

Bathyaethiops baka Moritz & Schliewen, 2016

• Holotype: ZSM 43939.
• Paratypes: AMNH 265019 (3); DMM IE/9789 (2); MRAC B5-023-P-0004-0006 (3); ZSM 38450 (1), 43940 (3), 38454 (1), 43941 (2).

Type locality: Cameroon, Moloundou province: Ngoko River between Chûte de Cholet and Chûte de Nki (02°19’10" N, 14°28’15"E).

Etymology: Named after the Baka people, the native hunter-gatherer tribe in Southeastern Cameroon, where the species was found.

References

• Moritz, T. & Schliewen, U.K. 2016. Description of two new Bathyaethiops species (Teleostei: Alestidae) from the Congo basin. Zootaxa 4117(4): 476–490. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4117.4.2. Reference page.