Bunocephalus hartti

Taxonavigation: Siluriformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Siluriformes

Familia: Aspredinidae
Genus: Bunocephalus
Species: Bunocephalus hartti

Name

Bunocephalus hartti Carvalho et al., 2015

• Holotype: MZUSP 62745.
• Paratypes: CAS 53522 (1); MCP 45236 (1), 48280 (1 c&s); MNRJ 31385 (4 - 1c&s); MZUSP 39443 (1), 39480 (1), 64227 (3).

Type locality: Brazil, Minas Gerais, Presidente Juscelino, rio Cipó at Fazenda Duas Barras, 18°41’04”S 43°59’18”W.

Etymology: a patronym honoring Charles Frederick Hartt, a Canadian-American geologist, and first professor of Geology at Cornell University.

References

• Carvalho, T.P., Cardoso, A.R., Friel, J.P. & Reis, R.E. 2015. Two new species of the banjo catfish Bunocephalus Kner (Siluriformes: Aspredinidae) from the upper and middle rio São Francisco basins, Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology 13(3): 499–512. DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-20140152 Reference page.