Hypostomus jaguar

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: Loricariidae
Subfamilia: Hypostominae
Tribus: Hypostomini
Genus: Hypostomus
Species: Hypostomus jaguar

Name

Hypostomus jaguar Zanata et al., 2013

• Holotype: MZUSP 110603.
• Paratypes: MZUSP 90870 (13), 91653 (1); NUP 4448 (2); UFBA 3177 (1), 6232 (2), 6457 (2), 6501 (8).

Type locality: Brazil, Bahia, Iaçu, rio Paraguaçu at Fazenda Os Touros, 18 km from Iaçu, 12°41’10.6”S, 40°07’47”W [1], 143 m a.s.l.

Etymology: The specific name is derived from îagûara in the indigenous language Tupi-Guarani, which means panther, in allusion to the black dotted color pattern on a clear background.

References

• Zanata, A. M., Sardeiro, B. & Zawadzki, C. H.; 2013: A new dark-dotted species of Hypostomus Lacépède (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from rio Paraguaçu, Bahia State, Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology, 11 (2): 247–256.