Ctenocheirodon pristis

Taxonavigation

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: Characidae
Subfamilia: Cheirodontinae
Genus: Ctenocheirodon

Name

• Ctenocheirodon pristis Malabarba & Jerep, 2012

Holotype: UFRGS 15606. Paratypes: MCP 15635 (1), 15636 (2); MZUSP 40496 (2), 40512 (2), 40519 (47), 40535 (55), 40548 (5), 40553 (1), 40609 (24), 40662 (10), 40764 (6); UFRGS 11232 (13); USNM 292206 (4); UNT 4396 (7), 7257 (9), 7325 (1).

Type locality: Brazil, Goiás, Nova Roma, Rio Tocantins basin, affluent of Rio Paranã, 13°48'48.5"S, 46°52'13"W.

Etymology: The species name pristis is from the Greek prister, meaning saw, in reference to the projected ventral procurrent caudal-fin rays along the ventral margin of the caudal peduncle.

References

• Malabarba, L. R. & Jerep, F. C., 2012: A New Genus and Species of Cheirodontine Fish from South America (Teleostei: Characidae). Copeia, 2012 (2): 243–250.