Eigenmannia waiwai

Taxonavigation: Gymnotiformes

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: Gymnotiformes

Familia: Sternopygidae
Genus: Eigenmannia
Species: Eigenmannia waiwai

Name

Eigenmannia waiwai Peixoto et al., 2015

• Holotype: INPA 37594.
• Paratypes: INPA 46985 (24 + 2C&S), 37597 (3 + 1C&S); MZUSP 116798 (3); MPEG 31166 (3).

Type locality: Brazil. Pará: Rio Mapuera, Rio Trombetas basin, 01°05′ S, 57°02′ W.

Etymology: The epithet waiwai is a reference to the indigenous people whose home territory proximates the type locality for the species.

References

• Peixoto, L.A.W., Dutra, G.M. & Wosiacki, W.B. 2015. The Electric Glass Knifefishes of the Eigenmannia trilineata species-group (Gymnotiformes: Sternopygidae): monophyly and description of seven new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 175(2): 384–414. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12274 Reference page.