Corydoras hephaestus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Siluriformes

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: Siluriformes

Familia: Callichthyidae
Genus: Corydoras
Species: Corydoras hephaestus

Name

Corydoras hephaestus Ohara, Tencatt & Britto, 2016

Holotype: MZUSP 119087. Paratypes: INPA, MCP, MNRJ, MZUSP, NUP.

Type locality: Tributary of Igarapé Piracolina, near road BR-364, upper Rio Machado, Rio Madeira basin, Vilhena, Rondônia State, Brazil, 12°48'56"S, 60°06'37"W, elevation 585 meters.

References

Primary references

• Ohara, W.M., Tencatt, L.F.C. & Britto, M.R. 2016. Wrapped in flames: Corydoras hephaestus, a new remarkably colored species from the Rio Madeira basin (Teleostei: Callichthyidae). Zootaxa 4170(3): 539–552. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4170.3.7 Reference page.