Characidium kamakan

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: Crenuchidae
Subfamilia: Characidiinae
Genus: Characidium
Species: Characidium kamakan

Name

Characidium kamakan Zanata & Camelier, 2015

• Holotype: MZUSP 115000.
• Paratypes: UFBA 7563 (5), 5679 (14, 1 c&s), 6531 (7), 7565 (1), 7564 (11); MNRJ 42132 (6); MZUSP 115008 (6), 112697 (3).

Type locality: Brazil, Bahia, Camacan, rio Panelão on the road between Camacan and Jacareci, rio Pardo basin, 15°25’16”S 39°31’48”W, 162 m a.s.l.

Etymology: Named after the Kamakã indigenous people that originally inhabited the area.

References

• Zanata, A.M. & Camelier, P. 2015. Two new species of Characidium Reinhardt (Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from northeastern Brazilian coastal drainages. Neotropical Ichthyology 13(3): 487–498. DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-20140106 Reference page.