Melanorivulus kunzei

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 kunzei

Name

• Melanorivulus kunzei Costa, 2012

Holotype: UFRJ 8423. Paratypes: UFRJ 8422 (6, 5), 8421 (4, 4).

Type locality: Brazil, Estado de Goiás, Município de Jataí, road BR-158, about 64 km N of Jataí town, in a small stream tributary to upper Caiapó River, an upper tributary to Araguaia River, 17°01'55"S, 51°51'03"W, altitude 729 m.[1]

Etymology: The specific name kunzei is in honour of Eduardo Kunze Bastos, author of an unpublished dissertation written in 1979 comprising a pioneering study on the ecology of Rivulus punctatus (correctly, Melanorivulus pictus) from central Brazil, providing initial stimulus for studying taxonomy of the killifishes today placed in the genus Melanorivulus.

References

• Costa, W. J. E. M.; 2012: Two new species of Melanorivulus from the Caiapós hill, upper Araguaia river basin, Brazil (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 23 (3): 211–218.