Chrysobrycon guahibo
Taxonavigation: Characiformes |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Characidae
Subfamilia: Stevardiinae
Genus: Chrysobrycon
Species: Chrysobrycon guahibo
Name
[edit]Chrysobrycon guahibo Vanegas-Ríos et al., 2015
- Holotype: MPUJ 7160.
- Paratypes: CI-FML 6152 (6); MLP 10829 (2 c&s); MPUJ 7162 (11), 7161 (10), 7163 (1), 7164 (3), 7165 (6), 7166 (8), 7167 (10), 7168 (2); MLP 10830 (4).
Type locality: Colombia: Meta department: Fuente de Oro municipality: Orinoco River basin, Guaviare River basin, Ariari River basin, Caño Abrote; 3°17'39" N, 73°32'02" W, 258 m asl.
Etymology: The species name guahibo is in honour of the Guahibo tribe (or Sikuani), an ethnic group of Amerindians of the Arauca, Guaviare, Meta, Orinoco, and Vichada rivers basins. This tribe is the most populous ethnic group inhabiting the Orinoco floodplains where the species is known.
References
[edit]- Vanegas-Ríos, J.A., Urbano-Bonilla, A. & Azpelicueta, M.d.l.M., 2015: Chrysobrycon guahibo, a new species from the Orinoco River basin, with a distribution expansion of the genus (Teleostei: Characidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 26 (2): 171-182. Abstract Reference page.