Jenynsia luxata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cyprinodontoidei

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: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Ovalentaria Superordo: Atherinomorphae Ordo: Cyprinodontiformes Subordo: Cyprinodontoidei

Familia: Anablepidae
Subfamilia: Anablepinae
Genus: Jenynsia
Species: Jenynsia luxata

Name

Jenynsia luxata Aguilera et al., 2013

• Holotype: CI-FML 5464.
• Paratypes: AI 234 (4); CI-FML 5465 (6), 5466 (12); MACN-Ict 9769 (5).

Type locality: Argentina, Tucumán, Burruyacu city, a small unnamed stream, río Tajamar basin, 26º30’13.47”S, 64º44’8.75”W [1].

Etymology: The specific name luxata, derives from the Latin, meaning dislocate, in allusion to the diagnostic character of the species, the separate pelvic bones.

References

• Aguilera, G., Mirande, J. M., Calviño, P. A. & Lobo, L. F.; 2013: Jenynsia luxata, a new species from Northwestern Argentina, with additional observations of J. maculata Regan and phylogeny of the genus (Cyprinodontiformes: Anablepidae). Neotropical Ichthyology, 11 (3): 565–572.