Melanorivulus ignescens

Melanorivulus ignescens, holotype, male.

Melanorivulus ignescens, paratype, female.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Aplocheiloidei

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: Aplocheiloidei

Familia: Rivulidae
Genus: Melanorivulus
Species: Melanorivulus ignescens

Name

• Melanorivulus ignescens Costa, 2017: 52

Holotype: UFRJ 6875, 27.7 mm SL, ♂.

Type locality: “Brazil: Mato Grosso state: Guiratinga municipality: stream tributary to Rio Bandeira, Rio das Garças drainage, Rio Araguaia drainage, 16°21'54"S, 53°47'58"W, altitude approximately 520 m asl, road MT-270, approximately 3 km southwest of the village of Guiratinga.”

References

Primary references

• Costa, W.J.E.M. 2017. Three new species of the killifish genus Melanorivulus from the central Brazilian Cerrado savanna (Cyprinodontiformes, Aplocheilidae). ZooKeys 645: 51–70. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.645.10920. Reference page. 

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