Heterocharax virgulatus

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: Acestrorhynchidae
Subfamilia: Heterocharacinae
Genus: Heterocharax
Species: Heterocharax virgulatus

Name

Heterocharax virgulatus Toledo-Piza, 2000: 298, Figs. 4-7, 10-11

• Type locality: Río Negro at the confluence with Río Urubaxi, 0°35'S, 64°45'W, Amazonas, Brazil
• Holotype: MZUSP 29226
• Paratypes: INHS 52501 (10), INPA 15483 (10), MZUSP 31141 (23), 58000 (325, 3 c&s), ROM 71994 (10), USNM 358586 (10)

References

• Toledo-Piza, M. 2000: Two new Heterocharax species (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Characidae), with a redescription of H. macrolepis. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 11 (4): 289–304. ZooBank
• Oliveira, C., Avelino, G.S., Abe, K.T., Mariguela, T.C., Benine, R.C., Orti, G., Vari, R.P., & Correa e Castro, R.M. 2011: Phylogenetic relationships within the speciose family Characidae (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Characiformes) based on multilocus analysis and extensive ingroup sampling. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 11: 275. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-11-275

Links

• Heterocharax virgulatus in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Heterocharax virgulatus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.