Leptagoniates

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: Characidae
Subfamilia: Aphyocharacinae
Genus: Leptagoniates
Species: L. steindachneri

Note: Acc. to Tagliacollo et al. (2012), Leptagoniates pi Vari, 1978 is not closely related to either the type species of ths genus or to the subfamily Aphyocharacinae.

Name

Leptagoniates Boulenger, 1887

Type species: Leptagoniates steindachneri Boulenger, 1887

References

• Boulenger, G. A., 1887: An account of the fishes collected by Mr. C. Buckley in eastern Ecuador. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1887 (2): 274–283, Pls. 20-24.
• Tagliacollo, V. A., Souza-Lima, R., Benine, R. C. & Oliveira, C., 2012: Molecular phylogeny of Aphyocharacinae (Characiformes, Characidae) with morphological diagnoses for the subfamily and recognized genera. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 64: 297–307.