Hemibrycon sierraensis

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: Stevardiinae
Genus: Hemibrycon
Species: Hemibrycon sierraensis

Name

Hemibrycon sierraensis García-Alzate et al., 2015

• Holotype: UARC-IC 134.
• Paratypes: many.

Type locality: Colombia, Magdalena, Caribbean slope, Río Gaira beneath the bridge at Minca, 11°08’37.8’’N - 74°07’08.1’’W, 120 m a.s.l.

Etymology: Named for the collection locality, in the Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta drainage, north from Colombia.

References

• García-Alzate, C.A., Román-Valencia, C. & Taphorn, D.C., 2015: A new species of Hemibrycon (Characiformes: Characidae), a freshwater fish from the Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta, Caribbean drainage, Colombia. Research Journal of the Costa Rican Distance Education University, 7 (1): 89–97.